People

People are all speech,

So be the best words heard.
When a thorn pierces you from them,
Be the strongest shield in repelling it.

When you are like that with them,
Then you, by God, are a beneficial leader.

The candle harms itself

While it is a blazing light to the onlooker.
The blame which you recognize

Is a blessing in the hand of a person who is deprived.

... Muhyiddin Ibn al-‘Arabi