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

Quote by Idries Shah

Topics: Belief Quotes, Tragedy Quotes

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you...

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you...

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you...

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you...

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.

Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do...

Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do...

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe...

Those who believe in nothing are very, very jealous and angry at those who believe...

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence

Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside...

Nothing splendid has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside...

Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be...

Idiosyncratic belief systems which are shared by only a few adherents are likely to be...

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.

I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

I have a great belief in the future of my people and my country.

Forget all the reasons why it won't work and believe the one reason why it...

Forget all the reasons why it won't work and believe the one reason why it...

Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced...

Just as no one can be forced into belief, so no one can be forced...

It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that...

It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that...

I am a hard-core believer that the clean desktop is the way to go... At...

I am a hard-core believer that the clean desktop is the way to go... At...

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.

Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more...

Believing as I do that man in the distant future will be a far more...

I believe in the sun when it's not shining, I believe in love even when...

I believe in the sun when it's not shining, I believe in love even when...

No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence.

No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence.

If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we...

If we long to believe that the stars rise and set for us, that we...

Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it,...

Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it,...

I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists-neither takes life as it is. Any...

I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists-neither takes life as it is. Any...