Let a Brother in humble circumstances be proud of his exalted position, but a rich Brother of his humiliation;

It is a part of your Faith, is it not, that there is one God? Good; yet even the demons have that faith, and tremble at the thought.

So too, though the tongue is a small part of the body, it boasts great things. Consider how large a forest a small fire ignites.

And the tongue is [like] a fire [i.e., like that spark]. [For] the tongue, as a part of the body, is [like] the world of evil. It corrupts the entire life [of a person] and inflames the course of nature itself [i.e., it affects a person throughout his whole earthly existence], and is ignited by hell itself [i.e., the evil produced by the fiery tongue has hell as its source and destiny].

For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and sea creatures, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race.

But if you cherish bitter jealousy and rivalry in your hearts, stop being proud of it and stop being false to the standard of truth.