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Idries Shah, Knowing How to Know: A Practical Philosophy in the Sufi Tradition Quotes: People talk about ‘service, effort, love, knowledge’. But with knowledge you know what love is, and what it is not.
         

People talk about ‘service, effort, love, knowledge’. But with knowledge you know what love is, and what it is not.


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People talk about ‘service, effort, love, knowledge’. But with knowledge you know what love is, and what it is not.
         



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