"If you expect respect from others, show it first to yourself. You can't expect from others what you don't give to yourself."
Show Respect first to Yourself
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Shams Tabrizi
The Dirt in our Hearts
"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."
It is easy to Love Perfection
"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."
Love is a Travel
"Love is a travel. All travelers whether they want or not are changed. No one can travel into love and remain the same."
Journey into Yourself
"Wherever you go, east, west, north or south, think of it as a journey into yourself! The one who travels into itself travels the world."
Lovers are Patient
"Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing the rose, looking at the night and seeing the day. Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full."
Love is Mute
"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 is mute."
A broken Heart hides so many Treasures
"The chemistry of mind is different from the chemistry of love. The mind is careful, suspicious, he advances little by little. He advices "Be careful, protect yourself" Whereas love says "Let your self, go!" The mind is strong, never fells down, while love hurts...
God is Everywhere
"If 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...
The Pursuit of Truth
"The pursuit of Truth is conducted by the heart and not by the mind. Use your heart as a guide, not the head on your shoulders, be one of those who knows his devil, not one of those who kills him."