“It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion.”
Source: Reflections
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Idries Shah 33
writer and Sufi teacher 1924–1996Related quotes

“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.”
Variant: The most important thing in communication is to hear what is not being said.

Paraphrased by w:Vaughn J. Featherstone in Food Storage http://lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655bb69095bd3e44916a0/?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=dfa0fd758096b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1|
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“The most important things about the individual are what he cannot or will not say.”
Source: Projective methods for the study of personality (1939), p. 395

“The thing that's important for me is to remember what's the most important thing.”

“The most important thing is to be able to think what you want, not to say what you want.”
"What you can't say" http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html, January 2004
Source: Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time

"Quotes", The Educated Imagination (1963), Talk 6: The Vocation of Eloquence