Better to be safe than to be sorry' is a remark of value only when these are the actual alternatives.
Idries ShahMaterialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious.
Idries ShahThe union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.
Idries Shah