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Idries Shah Quotes: Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.
         

Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.


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The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose.



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Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.



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Trying to force something is the best way to stop it happening.



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You must empty out the dirty water before you fill the pitcher with clean.



The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.

The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.



Meditation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.

Meditation - Before you learn how to meditate, you must unlearn what you think meditation might be.



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Have you noticed how many people who walk in the shade curse the Sun?



Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.

Right time, right place, right people equals success. Wrong time, wrong place, wrong people equals most of the real human history.





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This page presents the quote "Many things which are called 'secrets' are only things withheld from people until they can understand or effectively experience them.". Author of this quote is Idries Shah. This quote is about knowledge, secrets, experience, wisdom, sufism, learning, sufis, tradition,.