"The word 'choice' is a fraud while people choose only what they have been taught to choose."

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Source : Idries Shah (1983). “Reflections”, p.22, Octagon Press Ltd

Idries Shah

#People Quotes #Choices Quotes #Taught Quotes

“My favorite programming languages are Lisp and C. However, since around 1992 I have worked mainly on free software activism, which means I am too busy to do much programming. Around 2008 I stopped doing programming projects.”
“If we do not transform our pain, we will most assuredly transmit it.”
“To be happy we must not be too concerned with others.”
“Itâ€™s sweet. All this trouble for a kitty.”
“I press my eyes shut and will the thoughts away. But they refuse to comply, and instead, they lodge themselves in the crevasses of my brain, poking out just enough that I know they're still with me, like a tiny splinter in your baby toe that gnaws away at you with every step you take.”

Source : Allison Winn Scotch (2008). “Time of My Life: A Novel”, p.12, Broadway Books
“The modesty of women, which, in its most primitive form among animals, is based on sexual periodicity, is, with that periodicity, an essential condition of courtship.”
“If the Egyptian people can create a democracy in the heart of the Arab world, it will be a more significant contribution to civilization than the great pyramids.”
“There is something sadly wrong when it is more important to us whether others are a part of our denomination, rather than whether they repent of sin, believe on Christ and live holy lives.”

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