William Dietrich
"Mystics love to make things as obscure as possible, I've learned, and never use a sentence when a paragraph of riddles will do. Priests, savants, politicians, and barristers are much the same. The ambitious believe that if you want people to think you're smart, pose as pretentiously as possible and charge a premium for confusion and wasted time."
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"Mystics love to make things as obscure as possible, I've learned, and never use a sentence when a paragraph of riddles will do. Priests, savants, politicians, and barristers are much the same. The ambitious believe that if you want people to think you're smart, pose as pretentiously as possible and charge a premium for confusion and wasted time."
"أدركت أن المتصوفة يعشقون تعتيم الأمور قدر الإمكان، ولا يكتفون بجملة واحدة ما دامت فقرة من الألغاز تفي بالغرض. والكهنة والعلماء والساسة والمحامون على شاكلتهم. ويرى الطموحون أنه إن أردت أن يظنك الناس ذكياً، فتصنع الغموض والتعالي أقصى ما يكون، وتستوفي ثمناً باهظاً مقابل ما تحدثه من حيرة وإهدار للوقت."
William Dietrich
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