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Talent is the presence of ability and absence of understanding about the source and operation of knowledge.

Talent is the presence of ability and absence of understanding about the source and operation of knowledge.
– Idries Shah

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  3. Friendly fire was never friendly, and it was coming. Operation Stand-and-Watch was over. Did that mean Operation Bust-His-Balls was on deck? – Cristin Harber
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  6. People talk about -˜service, effort, love, knowledge’. But with knowledge you know what love is, and what it is not. – Idries Shah
  7. Practise your knowledge, for knowledge without practice is a body without life – Idries Shah
  8. The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future. – Stephen E Ambrose
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  16. Saying of the ProphetUnderstandingSpeak to everyone in accordance with his degree of understanding. – Idries Shah
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  23. He who knows himself, knows his Lord’ means, among other things, that self-deception prevents knowledge. – Idries Shah
  24. Anybody or anything may stand between you and knowledge if you are unfit for it. – Idries Shah
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  27. Saying of the ProphetObligation to LearnThe pursuit of knowledge is obligatory on every Muslim. – Idries Shah
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  40. Whoever thought up the phrase -˜Absence makes the heart grow founder’ was an idiot.Absence makes a bitch go crazy. -Elli, While Shea is Away – Toni Aleo

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