"Whoever has not first dug a well, should not steal a minaret."

Ethics, Justice, Integrity, Honesty, Action

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"Whoever has not first dug a well, should not steal a minaret."

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"It's amazing to me the number of people who will volunteer to help at church but won't lift a finger to help at home!"

Joyce Meyer, American Author

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"It's easy to talk big, but the important thing is whether or not you clean up the shit."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"To me, a wicked man who is also eloquent seems the most guilty of them all. He'll cut your throat as bold as brass, because he can dress up murder in handsome words."

Euripides, Greek Poet

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"Everything which is of use to mankind is honourable."

Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist

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"It is better to be slave to righteousness than slave to sin."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Ethics, Righteousness, Sin, Faith, Choice

"Only a man of integrity can possess the virtue of honesty, since only the faking of one's consciousness can permit the faking of existence."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

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"I hate nobody except Hitler--and that is professional."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Ethics, Hate, Focus, Humor

"To live consciously and courageously, to resonate with kindness and respect, to awaken the true spirit within others and to leave this world better than it was when i found it."

Sravani Saha Nakhro, Indian Author

Ethics, Consciousness, Kindness, Respect, Life

"He will only do the wrong thing when it's the right thing to do.."

Neal Shusterman, American Author

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"Lips and tongues lie. But actions never do. No matter what words are spoken, actions betray the truth of everyone's heart."

Sherrilyn Kenyon, American Author

Ethics, Honesty, Truth, Action, Integrity

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"Helping othersI order you to assist any oppressed person, whether he is a Moslem or not."

Justice

"He who knows himself, knows his Lord' means, among other things, that self-deception prevents knowledge."

Self

"If you cannot laugh frequently and genuinely, you have no soul."

Joy

"EPITAPH OF JALALUDIN RUMI. When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men."

Legacy

"...most systems end up by making imagined humility into a form of vanity, so they end up with vanity just the same."

Morality

"Have the nature of a dervish: then wear a stylish cap."

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"Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives."

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"It's amazing to me the number of people who will volunteer to help at church but won't lift a finger to help at home!"

"It's easy to talk big, but the important thing is whether or not you clean up the shit."

"To me, a wicked man who is also eloquent seems the most guilty of them all. He'll cut your throat as bold as brass, because he can dress up murder in handsome words."

"Everything which is of use to mankind is honourable."

"It is better to be slave to righteousness than slave to sin."

"Only a man of integrity can possess the virtue of honesty, since only the faking of one's consciousness can permit the faking of existence."

"I hate nobody except Hitler--and that is professional."

"To live consciously and courageously, to resonate with kindness and respect, to awaken the true spirit within others and to leave this world better than it was when i found it."

"He will only do the wrong thing when it's the right thing to do.."

"Lips and tongues lie. But actions never do. No matter what words are spoken, actions betray the truth of everyone's heart."

Explore more quotes by Idries Shah

"Helping othersI order you to assist any oppressed person, whether he is a Moslem or not."

"He who knows himself, knows his Lord' means, among other things, that self-deception prevents knowledge."

"If you cannot laugh frequently and genuinely, you have no soul."

"EPITAPH OF JALALUDIN RUMI. When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men."

"...most systems end up by making imagined humility into a form of vanity, so they end up with vanity just the same."

"Have the nature of a dervish: then wear a stylish cap."

"Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives."

"Those who can't, try: those who can, don't have to."

"The journey is the destination."

"Advice is priceless: when it becomes interference it is preposterous."