The way is long if one follows precepts, but short... if one follows patterns.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men.
If you want to follow some good steps, it would Proverbs, all over.
There's so many strict ideas and rules, whether it's from religion or it's just generations and generations.
Follow the way of life, which the Holy Prophet has shown you, for verily that is the right path.
Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
The path of progress cuts through the four-way intersection of the moral, medical, religious and political - and whichever way you turn, you are likely to run over someone's deeply held beliefs.
Obedience to God is the pathway to the life you really want to live.
You have to do what you believe in.
Obedience keeps the rules. Love knows when to break them.
Obey the principles without being bound by them.