Tahir Shah Quotes

Explorers like to pretend that they are a select breed of people with iron nerve and an ability to endure terrible hardship.

Tahir Shah

Because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we all have become lazy. Lazy people are like cancer. They spread. Before you know it, the entire country is destroyed.

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In any case, a little danger is a small price to pay for ridding a place of tourists.

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But in Africa bureaucrats are usually too proud to accept a bribe, something I admire when I'm not the one being arrested.

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For me, a journey to Damascus is an amazing hunt from beginning to end, a slice through layers of history in search of treasure.

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