Idries Shah Quotes

The Sufi is One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he has not.

Idries Shah

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• The Sufi is One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he has not.

  

  Idries Shah
  • Taken
  • Care
  • One