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.
SHAMS TABRIZIIf 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.
SHAMS TABRIZITo get closer to Truth and Right, we need a beautiful and soft heart.
SHAMS TABRIZIThis 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.
SHAMS TABRIZIIf you expect respect from others, show it first to yourself. You can’t expect from others what you don’t give to yourself.
SHAMS TABRIZIYou have to live with the people in hypocrisy for them to stay happy with you.
SHAMS TABRIZIMost 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.
SHAMS TABRIZISurrendering is not a weakness. At the contrary it is strength. The surrender stops living in boiling water and starts living in a secure place.
SHAMS TABRIZIIf you look around, you can find a face of God in each thing, because He is not hidden in a church, in a mosque, or a synagogue, but everywhere. As there is no one who lives after seeing him, there is also no one dying after seeing him. Who finds Him, stays forever with him.
SHAMS TABRIZIWe can only learn and advance with contradictions. The faithful inside should meet the doubtful. The doubtful should meet the faithful. Human slowly advances and becomes mature when he accepts his contradictions.
SHAMS TABRIZIWhen you oppose the shaykh, it’s like the slave who kills himself over a quarrel with his master. ‘Hey, why are you killing yourself over a quarrel?’ He says, ‘So my master will suffer loss.’
SHAMS TABRIZIAlms in secret extinguish the wrath of the Lord’ means you are so immersed in sincerity and in preserving that sincerity that you have no pleasure in giving alms.
SHAMS TABRIZIThe 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.
SHAMS TABRIZIBeing the companion of the folk of this world is fire. There must be an Abraham if the fire is not going to burn [you].
SHAMS TABRIZIIt is pointless trying to know where the way leads. Think only about your first step, the rest will come.
SHAMS TABRIZIThere 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.
SHAMS TABRIZIWhen everyone is trying to be something, be nothing. Range with emptiness.
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