Ashes Quote by B.K.S. Iyengar

In the name of the Fire, The Flame And the Light; Praise the pure presence of fire That burns from within Without thought of…

— John O'Donohue

When wood burns it is the smoke alone that rises upward, leaving the grosser elements below. So it is with prayer. The sincere intention…

— Baal Shem Tov

For our intellectual spirit has the power of fire in itself. For no other purpose is it sent by God to the earth than…

— Nicholas of Cusa

“Since fire's born of fire, why should we desire To gather up its scattered ash. On the appointed day we surrendered what we were…

— Yves Bonnefoy

“Jalaa hai jism jahaan dil bhii jal gayaa hoga, Kuredate ho jo ab raakh justajuu kyaa hai? [justajuu : desire] The fire (of love)…

— Hasan Suhail Siddiqui

“[Fire] is lightfooted and shamanic, dancing between the visible and invisible, undoing matter one collapsed molecule at a time, wreaking utter destruction with a…

— Michael Perry

The central fire is desire, and all the powers of our being are given us to see, to fight for, and to win the…

— Basil W. Maturin

I am the fiery life of the essence of God; I am the flame above the beauty in the fields; I shine in the…

— Hildegard of Bingen

A hidden fire burns perpetually upon the hearth of the world.... In autumn this great conflagration becomes especially manifest. Then the flame that is…

— Hugh Macmillan

How to re-light the fire the very ashes of which are scattered?

— Paul Gauguin

The blazing fire makes flames and brightness out of everything thrown into it.

— Marcus Aurelius

When a lovely flame dies, Smoke gets in your eyes.

— Otto Harbach