A Quote by Shams Tabrizi
Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house.
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You take my house when you do take the prop
That doth sustain my house; you take my life
When you do take the means whereby I live.
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Okay," I said. "I'd hoped to avoid this, but... Bill, I rescind your invitation into my house." Bill began walking backward to the door, a helpless look on his face, and my brush still in his hand. Eric grinned at him triumphantly. "Eric," I said, and his smile faded. "I rescind your invitation into my house." And backward he went, out my door and off my porch. The door slammed shut behind (or maybe in front of?) them.
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Learning must be like a house with its door always wide open; let everything enters the house!
Until America, door to door, takes every handgun, this is what you're gonna have. It's pathetic. It really is pathetic. It's sad. We're living in the Dark Ages over there.
