Proverb Quote by Idries Shah Download Open image ““The candle burned the moth: But soon it will vanish in its own fat.”” — Idries Shah ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Proverb Sufis Sufism Wisdom
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“I was a moth to his flame. And that always worked out so well for the moth.” — Deborah Wilde Copy Share Image
“Understand, every moth is drawn to light, even when that light is a flame, hot and burning, flickering, the fire tantalizing the drab creature with its blueish-white illumination. But when the moth flies too close to the flame, we all know what happens: it gets burned, incinerated by the very thing that drew it near. For decades now, I have… — Joshua Fields Millburn Copy Share
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“The candle of his life burned out too soon, but it burned so brightly!” — Adriana Girolami Copy Share Image
“My body is but wax and wick for flame. When the candle burns out, the light shines elsewhere.” — Normandi Ellis Copy Share Image
“To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions; and not to try to avoid what is your lot.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
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“Do not tell your secrets to everyone in this headquarters, Earth. We have surveyed it well. There was nobody to whom to entrust secrets.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Sufis are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
The human being, whether he realises it or not, is trusting someone or something every moment of the day. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
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“An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Yes, the world is an illusion. But Truth is always being shown there.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
There's a lining of light to every cloud. It's what that means. The darkest cloud always shines because of the sun. Even though it's… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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