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Saying of the ProphetSome behaviourI am like a man who has lighted a fire, and all the creeping things have rushed to burn themselves in it.

Saying of the ProphetSome behaviourI am like a man who has lighted a fire, and all the creeping things have rushed to burn themselves in it.
– Idries Shah

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  2. You burn bright and you burn hard, like a fire in a dumpster,and nobody is so worriedabout you burning as they are worried about the fire spreading. – Kris Kidd
  3. Saying of the ProphetHumilityHumility and courtesy are themselves a part of piety. – Idries Shah
  4. Saying of the ProphetEnvyEnvy devours good deeds, as a fire devours fuel. – Idries Shah
  5. Burn, burn, burn to become the light,to enlighten the whole world. – Debasish Mridha
  6. Now I will burn you back, I will burn you through,Though I am damned for it we two will lieAnd burn, here where the starlings fly – Charlotte Mew
  7. Much smoke has been seen, and caused great fear of fire -” even when no fire ensued. – Idries Shah
  8. A mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be lighted. – Plutarch
  9. Envy the fire, for it is either going or not. Fires do not feel happy, sad, angry. They burn, or they do not burn. – Robert Jackson Bennett
  10. Saying of the ProphetThe TongueA man slips with his tongue more than with his feet. – Idries Shah
  11. Saying of the ProphetThe JudgeA man appointed to be a judge has been killed without a knife. – Idries Shah
  12. The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying. It was: ‘What do you think I am, stupid, or something? – Idries Shah
  13. We are adjured not to burn the candle at both ends.But how many people have verified that physically possible? – Idries Shah
  14. It was March. The days of March creeping gustily on like something that man couldn’t hinder and God wouldn’t hurry. – Enid Bagnold
  15. Saying of the ProphetDesireDesire not the world, and God will love you. Desire not what others have, and they will love you. – Idries Shah
  16. The Sufis,’ runs the saying, ‘understand with their hearts what the most learned scholars cannot understand with their minds – Idries Shah
  17. Saying of the ProphetUnderstandingSpeak to everyone in accordance with his degree of understanding. – Idries Shah
  18. Saying of the ProphetAngerYou ask for a piece of advice. I tell you: ‘Do not get angry.’ He is strong who can withhold anger. – Idries Shah
  19. Saying of the ProphetInk and BloodThe ink of the learned is holier than the blood of the martyr. – Idries Shah
  20. You may have forgotten the Way: But those who came beforeDid not forget you.Saying of Master Bahaudin Naqshband of Bokhara – Idries Shah
  21. Saying of the ProphetStruggleThe holy warrior is he who struggles with himself. – Idries Shah
  22. Saying of the ProphetSleepSleep is the brother of death. – Idries Shah
  23. Saying of the Prophet. The Bequest: I have nothing to leave you except my family. – Idries Shah
  24. Saying of the ProphetAngerYou ask for a piece of advice. I tell you : ‘Do not get angry.’ He is strong who can withhold anger. – Idries Shah
  25. Saying of the ProphetHelping othersI order you to assist any oppressed person, whether he is a Muslim or not. – Idries Shah
  26. Saying of the ProphetMonkishnessNo monkery in Islam. – Idries Shah
  27. Saying of the ProphetObligation to LearnThe pursuit of knowledge is obligatory on every Muslim. – Idries Shah
  28. Saying of the ProphetTHE PEOPLEIt is the people who are God’s family.(Muhammad the Prophet) – Idries Shah
  29. Saying of the ProphetThe BequestI have nothing to leave you except my family. – Idries Shah
  30. Saying of the ProphetFoodNobody has eaten better food than that won by his own labour. – Idries Shah
  31. Saying of the ProphetAccusationsAnyone reviling a brother for a sin will not himself die before committing it. – Idries Shah
  32. Saying of the Prophet.Lies, promises, trustHe is not of mine who lies, breaks a promise or fails in his trust. – Idries Shah
  33. Saying of the ProphetTasksWhoever makes all his tasks one task, God will help him in his other concerns. – Idries Shah
  34. Saying of the ProphetPracticeWho are the learned? Those who put into practice what they know. – Idries Shah
  35. Saying of the ProphetDistributionGod it is who gives: I am only a distributor. – Idries Shah
  36. Saying of the ProphetWomenWomen are the twin-halves of men. – Idries Shah
  37. Saying of the ProphetReflectionThe Faithful are mirrors, one to the other. – Idries Shah
  38. Saying of the ProphetPrivacyWhoever invades people´s privacy corrupts them. – Idries Shah
  39. Saying of the ProphetLoveDo you think you love your Creator? Love your fellow-creature first. – Idries Shah
  40. Saying of the ProphetObjectsIt is your attachment to objects which make you blind and deaf. – Idries Shah

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