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Rumi himself once said that counterfeit gold is only to be found because there is such a thing as real gold to be copied.

Rumi himself once said that counterfeit gold is only to be found because there is such a thing as real gold to be copied.
– Idries Shah

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  2. He would never admit it, but he did have a heart of gold under all that crud.Solid, hard, impenetrable gold, but still gold, nonetheless. – Jessiqua Wittman
  3. I am the Real, for I have not ceased to be real -“ through the Real. – Idries Shah
  4. Rumi speaks of people who rely upon the written word as sometimes being no more than donkeys laden with books. – Idries Shah
  5. Do you think a sociopath cries to God as they die? Ironic that one counterfeit being would cry out to another for help, said Chiron. – CJ Anderson
  6. A counterfeit can never be a substitute for the real thing – Sipho Bayeto
  7. If you seek a teacher, try to become a real student. If you want to be a student, try to find a real teacher. – Idries Shah
  8. Good brands reflect the histories of the time and the group of people that made them. They can not be copied. They can not be recycled. – Richard Branson
  9. Gringos! They have copied us again – Luis Alberto Urrea
  10. I came, I saw, I copied, and I left – Kalyan C Kankanala
  11. The book didn’t want to be copied?I should introduce it to the house that doesn’t want any occupants. – AW Exley
  12. Adam & Eve have been degraded, reduplicated forever, photocopies of photocopies, mistakes copied, magnified, augmented. – Johnny Rich
  13. Man (as he imagines himself to be), in general, is a possibility, not a fact. – Idries Shah
  14. Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaPenitent: Someone who has been made incapable of enjoying himself. – Idries Shah
  15. He who knows himself, knows his Lord’ means, among other things, that self-deception prevents knowledge. – Idries Shah
  16. The man who knows must discharge a function. The one who does not, cannot arrogate one to himself; he can only try to do so. – Idries Shah
  17. Saying of the ProphetStruggleThe holy warrior is he who struggles with himself. – Idries Shah
  18. Saying of the ProphetAccusationsAnyone reviling a brother for a sin will not himself die before committing it. – Idries Shah
  19. Whoever is to be wise despises himself. Only the ignorant trust their own judgement. – Idries Shah
  20. Love lost is better than hate found. True criticism is better than false praise. Genuine enemies are better than counterfeit friends. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  21. An original pebble is better than a counterfeit diamond. – Matshona Dhliwayo
  22. Where glowing embers through the roomTeach light to counterfeit a gloom… – John Milton
  23. Downfall, failure and death cannot be far from any man who made counterfeit friends his ally and support. – Bamigboye Olurotimi
  24. Defend myself? I cannot defend the verbal repressions of a boy. A curmudgeonly, cantankerous, ill-tempered, counterfeit boy. – Coco J Ginger
  25. Shake off this downy sleep, death’s counterfeit,And look on death itself! – William Shakespeare
  26. Not knowing how he lost himself, or how he recovered himself, he may never feel certain of not losing himself again. – Charles ens
  27. When you meet the real problems of life, think of the real lessons of life for the real lessons of life are in the real problems of life – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
  28. With fire we test gold, and with gold we test women, and with women we test men. – Eyden I
  29. The best and biggest gold mine is in between your ears. To find the gold, think deeply and think better. – Debasish Mridha
  30. I do not have silver nor gold to give you, but i have a heart of gold to keep you. – Fabulous Godwin
  31. There’s always Gold amongst Silver but they don’t know it and there’s always Silver amongst Gold but they don’t show it. – Goitsemang Mvula
  32. The fact that you are true child of God doesn’t mean you will find gold on the floor when sweeping. You got to dig up the gold! – Israelmore Ayivor
  33. Beauty to beguile, spies to ensnare, and gold, always gold, to tempt, to trap, to control. – Karen Azinger
  34. If silver is used and gold is hoarded than how can gold be of higher monetary value. – Willi Way
  35. Stay gold Ponyboy. Stay gold.–Johnny quoting Robert Frost – SE Hinton
  36. Gold is found in the deep rough soil, so go for gold – Ikechukwu Joseph
  37. Foul cankering rust the hidden treasure frets, but gold that’s put to use more gold begets. – William Shakespeare
  38. People change and needs change. So what was Sufism once is Sufism no more. – Idries Shah
  39. Greed harms you: generosity helps you. This is why it has been said: ‘Greed is the mother of incapacity’. – Idries Shah
  40. One of the great Sufis said: ‘A saint is a saint unless he knows that he is one. – Idries Shah

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