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Idries Shah
Indian
Author
Born:
Jun 16
,
1924
Died:
Nov 23
,
1996
Believe
Come
Given
Illustrative
Past
People
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If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.
Idries Shah
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One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.
Idries Shah
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