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f76ea21	My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind.	heritage storytelling stories	Tahir Shah
855159a	Settling into a new country is like getting used to a new pair of shoes. At first they pinch a little, but you like the way they look, so you carry on. The longer you have them, the more comfortable they become. Until one day without realizing it you reach a glorious plateau. Wearing those shoes is like wearing no shoes at all. The more scuffed they get, the more you love them and the more you can't imagine life without them.	moving	Tahir Shah
2e731c8	A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.	text journey	Tahir Shah
907613a	The forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind. Show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation.	forest weakness jungle	Tahir Shah
56adb7d	Move to a new country and you quickly see that visiting a place as a tourist, and actually moving there for good, are two very different things.	travel tourist	Tahir Shah
0522c42	Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship.	travel return pleasure	Tahir Shah
b29fefc	Stories are a communal currency of humanity.	storytelling	Tahir Shah
31fac1e	Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a story makes you feel inside.	truth storytelling	Tahir Shah
d0e2c45	Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order.	survival respect	Tahir Shah
89a3aa8	On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.	trust team quest jungle	Tahir Shah
0df7589	My father used to tell me that stories offer the listener a chance to escape but, more importantly, he said, they provide people with a chance to maximize their minds. Suspend ordinary constraints, allow the imagination to be freed, and we are charged with the capability of heighetned thought. Learn to use your eyes as if they are your ears, he said, and you become connected with the ancient heritage of man, a dream world for the waking min..	wisdom in-arabian-nights sufis sufism knowledge stories	Tahir Shah
a5bd060	Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you bite your lip and head for home?	quest ending journey	Tahir Shah
234bb96	Believe, and what was impossible becomes possible what at first was hidden becomes visible.		Tahir Shah
6cce940	To Succeed, you must reach for the stars, and let your imagination find its own path	inspirational-quotes success	Tahir Shah
612a620	The backstreet cafe in Casablanca was for me a place of mystery, a place with a soul, a place with danger. There was a sense that the safety nets had been cut away, that each citizen walked upon the high wire of this, the real world. I longed not merely to travel through it, but to live in such a city.		Tahir Shah
8a5e383	There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the phantom in the forest.	fear phantom forest jungle terror	Tahir Shah
bd990e3	Through a strange kind of geographic arrogance, Europeans like to think that the world was a silent, dark, unknown place until they trooped out and discovered it.	exploration arrogance	Tahir Shah
572ca3c	During the days I felt myself slipping into a kind of madness. Solitary confinement has an astonishing effect on the mind. The trip was to stay calm and keep myself occupied. I spent hours working out how to break free. But trying to escape would have been instant suicide.	jail prison	Tahir Shah
b7ba0d3	Real travel is not about the highlights with which you dazzle your friends once you're home. It's about the loneliness, the solitude, the evenings spent by yourself, pining to be somewhere else. Those are the moments of true value. You feel half proud of them and half ashamed and you hold them to your heart.	travel traveler	Tahir Shah
bf0c71f	Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff.	danger journey	Tahir Shah
d1b0a9f	We had the kind of conversations that only great friends can ever share. They were touched with magic.	magic	Tahir Shah
6a9c05c	My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments of truth and fantasy. He didn't need to -- because, given the right conditions, the stories activated, sowing themselves.	storytelling	Tahir Shah
3f231b6	A journey of observation must leave as much as possible to chance. Random movement is the best plan for maximum observation	travel observation journey	Tahir Shah
9e1cddd	As the head of an expedition, you can't pussyfoot around being polite to everyone. You have to show your teeth once in a while; a little growling goes a long way.	expedition politeness	Tahir Shah
a10c676	Time spent in India has a extraordinary effect on one. It acts as a barrier that makes the rest of the world seem unreal.	time reality	Tahir Shah
892e317	The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.	quest rule journey	Tahir Shah
8ba5bed	Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat.	india travel	Tahir Shah
9f6ac00	Nothing was really so important to my father as the achievement of selflessness. He rarely mentioned it directly, but tried to guide us to it in a roundabout way.	selflessness	Tahir Shah
265fc56	The idea of my heart dancing with delight was far too good to pass up.		Tahir Shah
94d77b9	Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession.	quest search obsession	Tahir Shah
b2cede1	Visit Cape Town and history is never far from your grasp. It lingers in the air, a scent on the breezy, an explanation of circumstance that shaped the Rainbow People. Stroll around the old downtown and it's impossible not to be affected by the trials and tribulations of the struggle. But, in many ways, it is the sense of triumph in the face of such adversity that makes the experience all the more poignant.	struggle triumph endurance south-africa	Tahir Shah
6a9d3a8	There is nothing like a train journey for reflection.	train	Tahir Shah
c44782d	An intelligent enemy,' he would say, stroking his beard as if it were a bristly pet, 'rather than a foolish friend.' Or, 'He learnt the language of pigeons, and forgot his own.' Or, the favourite of Jan Fishan Khan: 'Nothing is what it seems.	wisdom sufis saying afghanistan proverbs sufism folklore	Tahir Shah
4f9dff9	These days no one challenges us,' he said. 'And because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we have all become lazy.	work-ethic	Tahir Shah
5d6a90e	The quest for a lost city erodes your body, damaging you beyond all reason. But it is your mind that bears the heaviest toll. Listen to the doubters, the worriers and the weak, and the vaguest hope of success evaporates.	doubt success quest search	Tahir Shah
c5a9ba0	There are two ways to find a lost city. The first is to rely on luck alone, the second is to control all the information.	quest search luck	Tahir Shah
7ebe116	A little imagination goes a long way in Fes.	travel morocco	Tahir Shah
b6910eb	It was an awkward moment. We were burning down our host's house, a situation which any guest seeks to avoid.	travel host guest fire	Tahir Shah
6b162eb	For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories.	stories	Tahir Shah
2b9eb13	There can be few situations more fearful than breaking down in darkness on the highway leading to Casablanca. I have rarely felt quite so vulnerable or alone.	fear vulnerability	Tahir Shah
a7ca6a0	Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi.	enlightenment india travel varanasi	Tahir Shah
a5da09f	In India an explanation is often more confusing than what prompted it.	india psychology	Tahir Shah
1b5937c	Exploration is a dirty game.	exploration game fairness	Tahir Shah
9e1deb6	Lured by the wilderness, and by the chance of spotting rare desert elephants, a few intrepid tourists make their way to the Skeleton Coast each year. It's just about as remote as any tourist destination on earth, but one that pays fabulous dividends.	travel wilderness	Tahir Shah

My father used to say that stories are part of the most precious heritage of mankind.

Tahir Shah

855159a

Settling into a new country is like getting used to a new pair of shoes. At first they pinch a little, but you like the way they look, so you carry on. The longer you have them, the more comfortable they become. Until one day without realizing it you reach a glorious plateau. Wearing those shoes is like wearing no shoes at all. The more scuffed they get, the more you love them and the more you can't imagine life without them.

moving

Tahir Shah

2e731c8

A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.

text journey

Tahir Shah

907613a

The forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind. Show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation.

forest weakness jungle

Tahir Shah

56adb7d

Move to a new country and you quickly see that visiting a place as a tourist, and actually moving there for good, are two very different things.

travel tourist

Tahir Shah

0522c42

Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship.

travel return pleasure

Tahir Shah

b29fefc

Stories are a communal currency of humanity.

storytelling

Tahir Shah

31fac1e

Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a story makes you feel inside.

truth storytelling

Tahir Shah

d0e2c45

Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order.

survival respect

Tahir Shah

89a3aa8

On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.

trust team quest jungle

Tahir Shah

0df7589

My father used to tell me that stories offer the listener a chance to escape but, more importantly, he said, they provide people with a chance to maximize their minds. Suspend ordinary constraints, allow the imagination to be freed, and we are charged with the capability of heighetned thought. Learn to use your eyes as if they are your ears, he said, and you become connected with the ancient heritage of man, a dream world for the waking min..

wisdom in-arabian-nights sufis sufism knowledge stories

Tahir Shah

a5bd060

Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you bite your lip and head for home?

quest ending journey

Tahir Shah

234bb96

Believe, and what was impossible becomes possible what at first was hidden becomes visible.

Tahir Shah

6cce940

To Succeed, you must reach for the stars, and let your imagination find its own path

inspirational-quotes success

Tahir Shah

612a620

The backstreet cafe in Casablanca was for me a place of mystery, a place with a soul, a place with danger. There was a sense that the safety nets had been cut away, that each citizen walked upon the high wire of this, the real world. I longed not merely to travel through it, but to live in such a city.

Tahir Shah

8a5e383

There comes a stage at which a man would rather die cleanly by a bullet than by the unknown terror of the phantom in the forest.

fear phantom forest jungle terror

Tahir Shah

bd990e3

Through a strange kind of geographic arrogance, Europeans like to think that the world was a silent, dark, unknown place until they trooped out and discovered it.

exploration arrogance

Tahir Shah

572ca3c

During the days I felt myself slipping into a kind of madness. Solitary confinement has an astonishing effect on the mind. The trip was to stay calm and keep myself occupied. I spent hours working out how to break free. But trying to escape would have been instant suicide.

jail prison

Tahir Shah

b7ba0d3

Real travel is not about the highlights with which you dazzle your friends once you're home. It's about the loneliness, the solitude, the evenings spent by yourself, pining to be somewhere else. Those are the moments of true value. You feel half proud of them and half ashamed and you hold them to your heart.

travel traveler

Tahir Shah

bf0c71f

Previous journeys had taught me the danger of taking too much stuff.

danger journey

Tahir Shah

d1b0a9f

We had the kind of conversations that only great friends can ever share. They were touched with magic.

magic

Tahir Shah

6a9c05c

My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments of truth and fantasy. He didn't need to -- because, given the right conditions, the stories activated, sowing themselves.

storytelling

Tahir Shah

3f231b6

A journey of observation must leave as much as possible to chance. Random movement is the best plan for maximum observation

travel observation journey

Tahir Shah

9e1cddd

As the head of an expedition, you can't pussyfoot around being polite to everyone. You have to show your teeth once in a while; a little growling goes a long way.

expedition politeness

Tahir Shah

a10c676

Time spent in India has a extraordinary effect on one. It acts as a barrier that makes the rest of the world seem unreal.

time reality

Tahir Shah

892e317

The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.

quest rule journey

Tahir Shah

8ba5bed

Calcutta's the only city I know where you are actively encouraged to stop strangers at random for a quick chat.

india travel

Tahir Shah

9f6ac00

Nothing was really so important to my father as the achievement of selflessness. He rarely mentioned it directly, but tried to guide us to it in a roundabout way.

selflessness

Tahir Shah

265fc56

The idea of my heart dancing with delight was far too good to pass up.

Tahir Shah

94d77b9

Searching for a lost city is a particularly European obsession.

quest search obsession

Tahir Shah

b2cede1

Visit Cape Town and history is never far from your grasp. It lingers in the air, a scent on the breezy, an explanation of circumstance that shaped the Rainbow People. Stroll around the old downtown and it's impossible not to be affected by the trials and tribulations of the struggle. But, in many ways, it is the sense of triumph in the face of such adversity that makes the experience all the more poignant.

struggle triumph endurance south-africa

Tahir Shah

6a9d3a8

There is nothing like a train journey for reflection.

train

Tahir Shah

c44782d

An intelligent enemy,' he would say, stroking his beard as if it were a bristly pet, 'rather than a foolish friend.' Or, 'He learnt the language of pigeons, and forgot his own.' Or, the favourite of Jan Fishan Khan: 'Nothing is what it seems.

wisdom sufis saying afghanistan proverbs sufism folklore

Tahir Shah

4f9dff9

These days no one challenges us,' he said. 'And because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we have all become lazy.

work-ethic

Tahir Shah

5d6a90e

The quest for a lost city erodes your body, damaging you beyond all reason. But it is your mind that bears the heaviest toll. Listen to the doubters, the worriers and the weak, and the vaguest hope of success evaporates.

doubt success quest search

Tahir Shah

c5a9ba0

There are two ways to find a lost city. The first is to rely on luck alone, the second is to control all the information.

quest search luck

Tahir Shah

7ebe116

A little imagination goes a long way in Fes.

travel morocco

Tahir Shah

b6910eb

It was an awkward moment. We were burning down our host's house, a situation which any guest seeks to avoid.

travel host guest fire

Tahir Shah

6b162eb

For my father there was no sharper way to understand a country than by listening to its stories.

stories

Tahir Shah

2b9eb13

There can be few situations more fearful than breaking down in darkness on the highway leading to Casablanca. I have rarely felt quite so vulnerable or alone.

fear vulnerability

Tahir Shah

a7ca6a0

Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary business of Varanasi.

enlightenment india travel varanasi

Tahir Shah

a5da09f

In India an explanation is often more confusing than what prompted it.

india psychology

Tahir Shah

1b5937c

Exploration is a dirty game.

exploration game fairness

Tahir Shah

9e1deb6

Lured by the wilderness, and by the chance of spotting rare desert elephants, a few intrepid tourists make their way to the Skeleton Coast each year. It's just about as remote as any tourist destination on earth, but one that pays fabulous dividends.

travel wilderness

Tahir Shah