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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.

Shams Tabrizi

There may be one fault in a man that conceals a thousand qualities, or one excellence that conceals a thousand faults. The little indicates much.
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Excellence Man Mistake Quality
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.
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Heart Ourselves Reality
The quest for Love changes us. There is no seeker among those who search for Love who has not matured on the way. The moment you start looking for Love, you start to change within and without.
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Change Love Moments See Start Transformation Yourself
Love is a travel. All travelers whether they want or not are changed. No one can travel into love and remain the same.
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Change Love Travel
The words we use for the Creator are a reflect of ourselves. If we think of God as fear and shame, we are scared and have something to be ashamed of … But if we see love, compassion and kindness, it is because we possess these qualities.
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Compassionate Creation Fear God Kindness Love Ourselves Reflection Scare Shame Thinking Word
Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn’t take you into the house.
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Destination Home Intellectual Intelligence Yourself
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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Break Deep Difference Happiness Heart Philosophy Space Suffering Togetherness Unique Universe Weakness World Worth
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
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
When 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.’
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Character Evil Kill Loss Slave Suffering Yourself
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
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
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.
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Attraction Bad Change Goodness Heart Philosophy Spiritual World Yourself
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
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 parts are always changing, the whole remains the same. A dead good man is replaced by a good man, a dead bad man is replaced by a bad man. While the whole remains the same, every day is different.
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Change Day Death Different Goodness Man

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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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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