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Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn’t take you into the house.

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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.
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Expectation Fight Future Hate Heaven Hell Love Philosophy Present Search
The life we live is just a colourful and deposit toy. Some of us take it so seriously and fight and cry for it. Some of us break and throw it. Either we give extreme importance, either not enough. Better to stay far from extremes.
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Better Break Cry Fight Importance Life Live Serious Stay Toy
When a sincere woman begins to dance, the seven heavens, the earth, and all creatures begin to dance.
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Beginning Dance Nature Sincere Woman
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
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.
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Attention Country Language Mistake Mute Place Word
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
Remove all the walls and curtains so you can get closer and purely love. Have principles but do not use them to exclude or to judge the others. Stay far from idols, specially from those you made from your own principles. Have a powerful faith, but do not play the powerful.
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Faith Judgement Love Play Powerful Principle Pure
For anew Self to be born, hardship is necessary. Just as clay needs to go through intense heat to become strong, Love can only be perfected in pain.
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Born Love Necessary Need Pain Perfection Philosophy Strong
Whoever lives as he sees fit will not die as he sees fit.
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Death Himself Live See
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?
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Change Deep Life Philosophy Resistance Surrender Worry
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
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
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.
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Beautiful Fake Guide Learning Oneself Reality See Stars Teaching World
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
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

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