People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because — Idries Shah
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People in this civilization are starving in the middle of plenty. This is a civilization that is going down, not because it hasn't got the knowledge that would save it, but because nobody will use the knowledge.

— Idries Shah
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