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"Church leaders may get disappointed in ministry if they do not know God's time."

"Don't be in a hurry in life. The sacred-time determines the due events."

"Nurture a tree today, and it will provide you fruit tomorrow."

"Sometimes it is best to stand back from conflict and allow other elements in someone's life to do the hard work for you."

"It is not a vice or a show of weakness when you live by the principle of delay gratification."

"Walking to success is better than sprinting to failure."

"If a train is two minutes late in leaving, one will become impatient, 'when will the train leave, when will it leave?' This world is not worth getting impatient restless about."
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"Sufism is always systematised only for limited or transitory periods: because Sufism is primarly instrumental, not for enjoyment or display."


"Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious."


"Has it not occurred to you that, conversely, other people do not have your difficulties because they do not react as you do to what happens?"
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