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Idries Shah, Reflections Quotes: You are still adrift while you still think that a means is an end.
         

You are still adrift while you still think that a means is an end.


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This page presents the quote "You are still adrift while you still think that a means is an end.". Author of this quote is Idries Shah, Reflections. This quote is about ends, lost, means-and-ends,.