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You learn by reading but understand by LOVE.

Shams Tabrizi

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Shams Tabrizi
Age: 63 †
Born: 1185
Born: January 1
Died: 1248
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
Shams-e Tabrizi
Shams-i Tabrizi
Shams ad-Din Muhammad
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It is pointless trying to know where the way leads. Think only about your first step, the rest will come.
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A life without love is a waste. 'Should I look for spiritual love, or material, or physical love?', don't ask yourself this question. Discrimination leads to discrimination. Love doesn't need any name, category or definition. Love is a world itself. Either you are in, at the center... either you are out, yearning.
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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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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.
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If you are insulted, if you are accused, if they gossip about you, don't say anything bad. Don't be the one who sees the shame, be the one who corrects it.
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Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. It is looking at the thorn and seeing rose, looking at the night and seeing the day. Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full.
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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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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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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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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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Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart.
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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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Whoever lives as he sees fit will not die as he sees fit.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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