Overcoming the 7 Devils That Ruin Success Quotes

“If you don't know how to take care of your own needs, when you try to give to others, you are giving from a bankrupt account.”
― James Dillehay, Overcoming the 7 Devils That Ruin Success: A Sufi Book of a Student’s Experiences

“We are highly susceptible to self destruction when we aren’t doing what we really want with our lives.”
― James Dillehay, Overcoming the 7 Devils That Ruin Success: A Sufi Book of a Student’s Experiences

“My life is on loan, like money borrowed from a bank. God is the lender, and He retains the right to call in the loan any time. Though I am responsible for taking care of it, I do not own this life; it is borrowed. Why should I fear its loss or the loss of anything else in this world when I must surrender it all anyway?”
― James Dillehay, Overcoming the 7 Devils That Ruin Success: A Sufi Book of a Student’s Experiences

“Ultimately though, we are not responsible for another's happiness. The unhappy person almost always suffers from self-inflicted pain.”
― James Dillehay, Overcoming the 7 Devils That Ruin Success: A Sufi Book of a Student’s Experiences

“The intelligence of the heart bypasses the intellect in the head which works on assumptions and requires a lot of thinking and confusion and makes a person tired and weak. But, the heart intelligence is not only direct and to the point, it also gives you energy, vitality and strength.”
― James Dillehay, Overcoming the 7 Devils That Ruin Success: A Sufi Book of a Student’s Experiences