“Intention without discipline is useless.”
Caroline Myss (1952) author from the United States
Source: Entering the Castle: An Inner Path to God and Your Soul
“Good intentions are useless in the absence of common-sense.”
— Jami
An argosy of fables, p. 240
about himself, Extracted from Baharīstān-e- Jami
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