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People Quotes by Idries Shah
- History is not usually what has happened. History is what some people have thought to be significant.
- People who speak or act in an ordinary fashion are most likely to be those who have been the recipients of higher experiences. But because…
- ... when we are talking about 'Christians' and 'Moslems' we must first make sure that we are talking about people who have an idea, which…
- The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.
- One can give or withhold in a manner far more effective, sophisticated, useful, which is quite invisible to people who think that giving or withholding…
- Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.
- There is a succession of experiences which together constitute the educational and developmental ripening of the learner, according to the Sufis. People who think that…
- We view Sufism not as an ideology that molds people to the right way of belief or action, but as an art or science that…
- One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative…
- When people have a hard task to do - one which stretches them - they become less concerned with trivial matters.
- Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious.
- To be obsessed by the idea of freedom, for instance, is itself a form of slavery. Such people are in the chains of the hope…
- Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.
- An egocentric pessimist is a person who thinks he hasn't changed, but that other people are behaving worse than before.
- Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right effort,…
- Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.
- Banality is like boredom: bored people are boring people, people who think that things are banal are themselves banal. Interesting people can find something interesting…
- Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?
- People used to play with toys. Now the toys play with them.
- You have not forgotten to remember; You have remembered to forget. But people can forget to forget. That is just as important as remembering to…
- Please, not again what you studied, how long you spent at it, how many books you wrote, what people thought of you - but: what…
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- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
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- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle