The ability to tell a good route from a terrible one is a valuable skill when leading an expedition. Unfortunately for us all, it was a skill I did not possess.


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IDRIES SHAH
The important place held by Jesus among the world's six hundred million Moslems... and the agreement...
IDRIES SHAH
These lecture provide material for the consideration of common factors, in theory and in development...
IDRIES SHAH
From a personal experience and the examination of literature, I feel that we cannot take for granted...
IDRIES SHAH
Three things cannot be retrieved:
The arrow once sped from the bow
The word spoken in hast...
IDRIES SHAH
Sayings of the Prophet
Trust: Trust in God – but tie your camel first.
IDRIES SHAH
Unless we have six months of a healthy market, generally the IPO window does not open up. At this po...
MANISH SHAH
Diamond being the toughest thing known to us is also the most prettiest object
PEIYANSH SHAH
People change and people grow. It's best you accept it because that's just how it goes.
VAIBHAV SHAH
Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew.
IDRIES SHAH
That moment when this heart.. stops.. almost as if it never existed.
When every.. breathe.. slo...
HAFSA SHAH
The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying.
It was:
'What do you think I am, stup...
IDRIES SHAH
If the only wishes you get on your birthday are in the form of auto generated mails, then it is time...
HARSHIT SHAH
We fired tear gas to disperse them.
MUSHTAQ SHAH
We are adjured not to burn the candle at both ends.
But how many people have verified that phys...
IDRIES SHAH
A certain person may have, as you say, a wonderful presence; I do not know. What I do know is that h...
IDRIES SHAH
You can predict your future life, only predict not assure.
SAAD SHAH
greediness and selfishness dissolves the spiritual values as chemical dissolves the salt
LAILA SHAH
If you want to make an ordinary man happy, or think that he is happy, give him money, power, flatter...
IDRIES SHAH
Enlightenment must come little by little - otherwise it would overwhelm.
IDRIES SHAH
It was a huge, huge explosion. We have collected all the available evidence from the scene and we're...
MUSHTAQ SHAH
Teach honesty by all means - you do know what it is, don't you?
IDRIES SHAH
Too young to care; Too old to change.
HAFSA SHAH
It's a dream run for investors. The market is showing no signs of losing steam despite touching such...
DEEPAK SHAH
Although the market closed with a loss of over one percent on Friday, investors are taking a positiv...
DEEPAK SHAH
The stock market was clearly in the overbought zone and a correction was long overdue. I think we sh...
DEEPAK SHAH
The stock market is heavily into overbought territory and a correction at this stage would be good f...
DEEPAK SHAH
It is a very moderate hike and investors had factored in an increase before the presentation of the ...
DEEPAK SHAH
The market mood has been boosted by hopes that most of the corporate houses will unveil better than ...
DEEPAK SHAH
The market is seeing a dream run. The runaway rally is not showing any signs of fatigue despite fore...
DEEPAK SHAH
The market staged a smart rally in the last few sessions, defying expectations of a correction at hi...
DEEPAK SHAH
The correction has been triggered by large-scale selling by foreign institutional investors in secto...
DEEPAK SHAH
The budget didn't have any surprises for the market and this has come as a major relief for investor...
DEEPAK SHAH
None should say : 'I can trust,' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting...
IDRIES SHAH
The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the...
IDRIES SHAH
One cannot learn from someone whom one distrusts.
IDRIES SHAH
Sometimes you just have to die a little inside in order to be reborn and rise again as a stronger an...
AAGAM SHAH
Those who love you the most, let you bend your notes
PARESH SHAH
Those who love you the most, let yo bend your notes
PARESH SHAH
I don't believe in 'good exposure'. It is not how I was programmed.
IMAM SHAH
A dried plant is nothing but a sign to plant a new one
PRIYANSH SHAH
When you find yourself surrounded by sane people excited about your idea and lending support, you re...
PARESH SHAH
I came down to India after hearing Azhar was opening a cricket academy. He put me up in a hotel for ...
OWAIS SHAH
With the success of shows such as Strictly Dancing and Dancing With the Stars , the whole song-and-d...
FARAH SHAH
Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pr...
IDRIES SHAH
Alguien dice que no le he enseñado nada que pueda recordar. Aún no puede comprender que eso es pre...
IDRIES SHAH