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James Staiti

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James’s Quotes

“A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that he has a perfectly delightful absence.”
― Idries Shah

tags: bound-feet, china, communists, copacabana, eurasians, ipanema, spirit-rituals

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“MAN: Kick him-he'll forgive you. Flatter him-he may or may not see through you. But ignore him and he'll hate you”
― Idries Shah

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“The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.”
― Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action: An Anthology of Important Papers

tags: intellect, knowledge, philosophy, practice, sufi, sufism

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“The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day.”
― Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action: An Anthology of Important Papers

tags: sufi, sufism, trust

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“Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.”
― Idries Shah

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