Destiny Quote by Idries Shah

“When Fortune knocks, open the door,' they say. But why should one make fortune knock, by keeping the door shut?”

Idries Shah

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“Do not tell your secrets to everyone in this headquarters, Earth. We have surveyed it well. There was nobody to whom to entrust secrets.”

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“Sufis are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity.”

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“Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there.”

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It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.

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The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day.

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“Who is the wrong person to criticise? You”

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