People who speak or act in an ordinary fashion are most likely to be those who have been the recipients of higher experiences. But because they do not rage around, wild-eyed, people think that they are very ordinary folk and therefore not aware of anything unknown to the general run of man.
Idries ShahKnowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the "veils" which have to be dissolved in the mind.
Idries ShahAnyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a tussle with thoughts and books, however, still passes for wise.
Idries ShahWhen the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it.
Idries Shah