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Idries Shah Quotes about Giving

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If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.

Idries Shah
Taken, Giving, Want
Idries Shah (1983). “Reflections”, p.141, Octagon Press Ltd

A motto of the human race: Let me do what I like, and give me approval as well.

Idries Shah
Race, Giving, Approval
"Reflections".

If a pot can multiply. One day Nasrudin lent his cooking pots to a neighbour, who was giving a feast. The neighbour returned them, together with one extra one – a very tiny pot. 'What is this?' asked Nasrudin. 'According to law, I have given you the offspring of your property which was born when the pots were in my care,' said the joker. Shortly afterwards Nasrudin borrowed his neighbour's pots, but did not return them. The man came round to get them back. 'Alas!' said Nasrudin, 'they are dead. We have established, have we not, that pots are mortal?'.

Idries Shah
Men, Law, Giving
Idries Shah (2015). “The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin”, p.15, ISF Publishing

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