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May Quotes by Idries Shah
- A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.
- Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.
- Anybody or anything may stand between you and knowledge if you are unfit for it.
- But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps.
- MAN: Kick him-he'll forgive you. Flatter him-he may or may not see through you. But ignore him and he'll hate you
- A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly…
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