Fire, Good Servant But Bad Master - Sacred Quotes

"Burning the effigy that symbolises evil once every year on Vijaya-dashami alone will not suffice, you will have to be vigilant every moment of your life." - Swami Adhyatmananda

"As the spiritual fire, the mainyu athra, is to be fed the fuel of good thoughts, the temporal fire is fed pure fuels so that it, too, may burn with vigour and brightness. As the spiritual fire will be diminished with bad or negative thoughts, the temporal fire is kept free from anything that will sully the flame." Zoroastrianism

"The power of absolute love is a raging fire of uncontainable majesty that consumes any and all who come too close to its flames." Andrew Cohen

"It is with our passions as it is with fire and water; they are good servants, but bad masters." Roger L'Estrange Aesop's Fables