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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.

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The salat can be made up for, but there is no making up for false show or outward worship without presence.
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Make Up Presence Worship
If you expect respect from others, show it first to yourself. You can’t expect from others what you don’t give to yourself.
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Expectation Respect Self Love Yourself
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.
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Empty Hold Human Philosophy Try
When everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness.
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Deep Empty Philosophy Range Try
The path to the Truth is a labour of the heart, not of the head. Make your heart your primary guide! Not your mind. Meet, challenge and ultimately prevail over your nafs with your heart. Knowing your ego will lead you to the knowledge of God.
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Challenge God Guide Heart Knowledge Mindset Path True Work
Surrendering is not a weakness. At the contrary it is strength. The surrender stops living in boiling water and starts living in a secure place.
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Live Place Security Stop Strength Surrender Water Weakness
Being the companion of the folk of this world is fire. There must be an Abraham if the fire is not going to burn [you].
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Burn Company Fire Friendship World
It is easy to love perfection. The difficulty consists in loving the human with his good and bad. We mostly know as much as we love. Only loving God but not its creatures, you can never really know, neither really love.
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Easy God Goodness Love Perfection
Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart.
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Beautiful Evil Kill Life Soul
If the human being is a proud and honorable creature, he shouldn’t forget to act that way, even if he falls, even if the whole world is against him, even if he ends as a slave.
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Act Creature Fall Forget Himself Human Proud Slave World
The past is a fog on our minds. The future? A complete dream. We can’t neither guess the future, neither change the past.
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Change Deep Dream Future Mindset Past
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.
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God Love Need Philosophy Place Religious Spiritual Study True
If the human being is a proud and honorable creature, he shouldn’t forget to act that way, even if he falls, even if the whole world is against him, even if he ends as a slave.
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Act Creature Fall Forget Himself Human Proud Slave World
It is pointless trying to know where the way leads. Think only about your first step, the rest will come.
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Destination Journey Leadership Path Thinking Try Way
You have to live with the people in hypocrisy for them to stay happy with you.
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Happiness Hypocrisy Live People Stay Yourself
Be grateful! It is easy to thank after obtaining what you want, thank before having what you want.
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Easy Gratitude Thankful

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