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“Instead of resisting to
changes, surrender. Let life be with you, not against you. If you think
‘My life will be upside down’ don’t worry. How do you know down is not
better than upside?”
***
“The universe is a
complete unique entity. Everything and everyone is bound together with
some invisible strings. Do not break anyone’s heart; do not look down on
weaker than you. One’s sorrow at the other side of the world can make
the entire world suffer; one’s happiness can make the entire world
smile.”
***
“A life without love is
of no account. Don’t ask yourself what kind of love you should seek,
spiritual or material, divine or mundane, eastern or western…divisions
only lead to more divisions. Love has no labels, no definitions. It is
what it is, pure and simple. Love is the water of life. And a lover is a
soul of fire! The universe turns differently when fire loves water.”
***
“Most of conflicts and
tensions are due to language. Don’t pay so much attention to the words.
In love’s country, language doesn’t have its place. Love’s mute.”
***
“This world is like a mountain.
Your echo depends on you.
If you scream good things,
the world will give it back.
If you scream bad things,
the world will give it back.
Even if someone says badly about you,
speak well about him.
Change your heart to change the world.”
***
“There are more fake
guides, teachers in the world than stars. The real guide is the one who
makes you see your inner beauty, not the one who wants to be admired and
followed.”
***
“Don’t search for heaven
and hell in the future. Both are now present. Whenever we manage to
love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in
heaven. Whenever we fight, hate, we are in hell.”
***
“The whole universe is sum up in the Human Being.
Devil is not a monster waiting to trap us,
He is a voice inside.
Look for Your Devil in Yourself,
not in the Others.
Don’t forget that the one who knows his Devil,
knows his God.”
***
“The real dirt is not outside,
but inside, in our hearts.
We can wash all stains with water.
The only one we can’t remove is the grudge and the bad intentions sticking to
our hearts.”
***
“The summary of the advice of all prophets is this; Find yourself a mirror.”
***
“No matter what people
call you, you are just who you are. Keep to this truth. You must ask
yourself how is it you want to live your life. We live and we die, this
is the truth that we can only face alone. No one can help us. So
consider carefully, what prevents you from living the way you want to
live your life?”
***
“Patience is not sitting
and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing
rose, looking at the night and seeing the day. Lovers are patient and
know that the moon needs time to become full.”
***
“While the parts change,
the whole always remains the same. For every thief who departs this
world, a new one is born. And every decent person who passes away is
replaced by a new one. In this way not only does nothing remain the same
but also nothing ever really changes.”
***
“It is pointless trying to know where the way leads. Think only about your first step, the rest will come.”
***
“The past is an
interpretation. The future is an illusion. The world does not more
through time as if it were a straight line, proceeding from the past to
the future. Instead time moves through and within us, in endless
spirals. Eternity does not mean infinite time, but simply timelessness.
If you want to experience eternal illumination, put the past and the
future out of your mind and remain within the present moment.”
***
“You can study God
through everything and everyone in the universe, because God is not
confined in a mosque, synagogue or church. But if you are still in need
of knowing where exactly His abode is, there is only one place to look
for Him: in the heart of a true lover.”
***
“Love is a travel. All travelers whether they want or not are changed. No one can travel into love and remain the same.”
***
“When everyone is trying
to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness. Human should be like
a pot. As the pot is hold by its emptiness inside, human is hold by the
awareness of his nothingness.”
***
“To get closer to Truth
and Right, we need a beautiful and soft heart. Every human learns one
day or another to become softer. Some accidentally, some because of
disease, some suffer from human loss, some other from material loss … We
all face these situations, but we can either see the good in it and
open our hearts, or unfortunately see an another occasion to lock it
forever.”
Shams ad-Din Tabriz
(1184-1247)
