Idries Shah Quotes
A man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything.
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I am not going to say I have been a saint. I have not been a perfect man. None is perfect but the Father, which is in Heaven.
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Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
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My government is working for the common man. Our priority is the poor of the country. We want good governance through a dynamic and seamless government.
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No man can be an agnostic who has a sense of humour.
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.
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Then about 1951 I began writing again, painfully, a novel I called in the beginning A Life Sentence on Earth, but which developed into The Tree of Man.
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The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson.
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A decision is what a man makes when he can't find anybody to serve on a committee.
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I believe that in the historic and religious nature, marriage is between a man and a woman.
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Scientology is the study of knowingness. It increases one's knowingness, but if a man were totally aware of what was going on around him, he would find it relatively simple to handle any outnesses in that.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
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We always knew how to honor fallen soldiers. They were killed for our sake, they went out on our mission. But how are we to mourn a random man killed in a terrorist attack while sitting in a cafe? How do you mourn a housewife who got on a bus and never returned?
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A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media.
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Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
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I have yet to see a piece of writing, political or non-political, that doesn't have a slant. All writing slants the way a writer leans, and no man is born perpendicular, although many men are born upright.
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I am a common man. Why do I need security?
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Like many other women, I could not understand why every man who changed a diaper has felt impelled, in recent years, to write a book about it.
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Mental attitude and concentration are the keys to pitching.
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Together, we can put an end to the hate and promote only positivity and love.
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My kids like their eggs with catsup. I like mine with salsa.
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I didn't have any friends. I was bullied. I didn't play sports.
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A man who believes the word of a donkey in preference to my word does not deserve to be lent anything.
