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#1

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
― Marilyn Monroe

tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst

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#2

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator

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#3

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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#4

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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#5

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing

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#6

“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
― Dr. Seuss

tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep

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#7

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

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#8

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

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#9

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

tags: humor, life

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#10

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish

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#11

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

tags: life

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#12

“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

tags: friendship

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#13

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus

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#14

“Three Things
Three things cannot be retrieved:
The arrow once sped from the bow
The word spoken in haste
The missed opportunity.

(Ali the Lion, Caliph of Islam, son-in-law of Mohammed the Prophet),”
― Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

tags: islam, religion, sufis, sufism

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#15

“Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be clinically alive and yet, despite all appearances, spiritually dead.”
― Idries Shah, Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way

tags: consciousness, death, evolution, life, psychology, sufis, sufism, will

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#16

“Q: What is a fundamental mistake of man's?
A: To think that he is alive, when he has merely fallen asleep in life's waiting-room.”
― Idries Shah, Seeker After Truth: A Handbook

tags: learning, sleeping, sufis, sufism

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#17

“Real generosity is anonymous to the extent that a man should be prepared even to be considered ungenerous rather than explain it to others.”
― Idries Shah, Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way

tags: generosity, learning, sufi, sufis, sufism

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#18

“Islam and Sufism are one. Teaching that to understand Islam one must be a lover, how can one understand Islam when the heart is empty of love.”
― Zarina Bibi

tags: islam, love, sufism

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#19

“Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare. But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.”
― Idries Shah, The Sufis

tags: evolution, learning, saadi-quotes, sufis, sufism

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#20

“Good. Show me a man who thinks that he knows what 'good' is, and I will probably be able to show you a horror of a person. Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word.”
― Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

tags: sufism

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#21

“One day we will all wear a garment which has no pockets...”
― Idries Shah, The Commanding Self

tags: death, proverb, sufis, sufism, wisdom

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#22

“The impatient man is his own enemy; he slams the door on his own progress.”
― Idries Shah, The Commanding Self

tags: ego, nafs, sufi, sufis, sufism

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#23

“Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew.”
― Idries Shah, Observations

tags: experience, knowledge, life, sufis, sufism, wisdom

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#24

“Definitions from Mulla Do-Piaza
A fool:
A man trying to be honest with the dishonest.”
― Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams

tags: behaviour, honesty, knowledge, psychology, sufis, sufism, wisdom

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