"A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung to death by scorpions."

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Idries Shah

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“If I had simply wanted to trade on an insult to Islam, I could have done it in a sentence rather than writing a 250,000-word novel, a work of fiction.”
“The conservative movement today is like that tall ship with its proud captain: strong, accomplished but veering off course into the dangerous and uncharted waters of big government republicanism.”
“I have a healthy appetite for solitude. If you don't, you have no business being a writer.”

Source : Interview with Sarah Kinson, www.theguardian.com. May 9, 2007.
“But how can we know that dragons did not exist? We have never actually BEEN to the Dark Ages.”
“From behind the shadow of the still small voice — more awful than tempest or earthquake — more sure and persistent than day and night — is always sounding full of hope and strength to the weariest of us all, Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

Source : "The Manliness of Christ". Book by Thomas Hughes, Part VIII, 1879.
“Why I supported Keith Ellison for chairing the DNC because I know Keith. And I know he`s not going to take a lot of stuff. He`s going to be in the halls of Congress arguing. But he is going to go out to the protests and talk to people.”
“My way has always worked. My way is what got me here.”
“The interruption we now impatiently put off may be the most important thing we could be doing at this particular time?”

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