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O medo sempre pergunta sobre a culpa, porque a coragem constrói a partir da convicção de se merecer, ou não, vencer os obstáculo.

A life without love is of no account. Don’t ask yourself what kind of love you should seek, spiritual or material, divine or mundane, Eastern or Western… Divisions only lead to more divisions. Love has no labels, no definitions. It is what it is, pure and simple.
Love is the water of life. And a lover is a soul of fire!
The universe turns differently when fire loves water

Even if a single day in your life is the same as the day before, it surely is a pity. At every moment and with each new breath, one should be renewed and renewed again. There is only one way to be born into a new life: to die before death.”

God is a meticulous clockmaker. So precise is His order that everything on earth happens in its own time. Neither a minute late nor a minute early. And for everyone without exception, the clock works accurately. For each there is a time to love and a time to die.”

nothing happens outside of God’s will. It is one of the rules: This world is erected upon the principle of reciprocity. Neither a drop of kindness nor a speck of evil will remain unreciprocated. Fear not the plots, deceptions, or tricks of other people. If somebody is setting a trap, remember, so is God

“A man with many opinions but no questions! There’s something so wrong with it.”

“One who thinks he has all the answers is the most ignorant,”

This world is like a snowy mountain, where whatever you speak, good or evil, will echo back to you. Therefore, if there is someone who harbors ill thoughts toward you, saying similarly bad things about him will only make matters worse. You will be locked in a vicious circle of malevolent energy

all religious wars were in essence a “linguistic problem.” Language, he said, did more to hide than reveal the Truth, and as a result people constantly misunderstood and misjudged one another. (…) In general, one shouldn’t be too rigid about anything because “to live meant to constantly shift colors.”

Life is a temporary loan, and this world is nothing but a sketchy imitation of Reality. Only children would mistake a toy for the real thing. And yet human beings either become infatuated with the toy or disrespectfully break it and throw it aside. In this life stay away from all kinds of extremities, for they will destroy your inner balance.
Sufis do not go to extremes. A Sufi always remains mild and moderate.

the fifth element—the void. The inexplicable and uncontrollable divine element that we as human beings cannot comprehend … I promised God to do my part to the best of my ability and leave the rest to Him and Him only. I accepted the fact that there are things beyond my limits. I can see only some parts, like floating fragments from a movie, but the bigger scheme is beyond my comprehension.

If you want to change the way others treat you, you should first change the way you treat yourself. Unless you learn to love yourself, fully and sincerely, there is no way you can be loved. Once you achieve that stage, however, be thankful for every thorn that others might throw at you.

Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come?

Each time I say good-bye to a place I like, I feel like I am leaving a part of me behind. I guess whether we choose to travel as much as Marco Polo did or stay in the same spot from cradle to grave, life is a sequence of births and deaths. Moments are born and moments die. For new experiences to come to light, old ones need to wither away. Don’t you think?

You see, you cannot be my disciple,” he pronounced with conviction. “You are too timid for me. You care too much about what other people think. But you know what? Because you are so desperate to win the approval of others, you’ll never get rid of their criticisms, no matter how hard you try.”

Don’t confuse power-driven, self-centered people with true mentors. A genuine spiritual master will not direct your attention to himself or herself and will not expect absolute obedience or utter admiration from you, but instead will help you to appreciate and admire your inner self. True mentors are as transparent as glass. They let the Light of God pass through them

Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. Even when all doors remain closed, God will open up a new path only for you. Be thankful! It is easy to be thankful when all is well. A Sufi is thankful not only for what he has been given but also for all that he has been denied.

Loneliness and solitude are two different things. When you are lonely, it is easy to delude yourself into believing that you are on the right path. Solitude is better for us, as it means being alone without feeling lonely. But eventually it is best to find a person, the person who will be your mirror. Remember, only in another person’s heart can you truly see yourself and the presence of God within you.

Quotes i like:

To each his own way and his own prayer. God does not take us at our word. He looks deep into our hearts. It is not the ceremonies or rituals that make a difference, but whether our hearts are sufficiently pure or not.”

Quotes i like:

“Father, I am from a different egg than your other children. Think of me as a duckling raised by hens. I am not a domestic bird destined to spend his life in a chicken coop. The water that scares you rejuvenates me. For unlike you I can swim, and swim I shall. The ocean is my homeland. If you are with me, come to the ocean. If not, stop interfering with me and go back to the chicken coop.”

Hoje em dia, as pessoas morrem de uma espécie de rasteiro senso comum, é só demasiado tarde descobrem que as únicas coisas que nunca lamentamos são os próprios erros.

Os filhos começam por amar os pais; ao crescerem, tendem a julga-los; por vezes. Perdoam-lhes.

A verdadeira razão por que tidjs nós pensamos também dos outros é que todos temos medo de nós próprios.

“Everyone considers his own God to be the only true God.. and everyone else to blind and deluted”.

“Each man is good education to himself, provided he has the capacity to spy on himself close up.”

“You can never retrieve an experience in full”. “Now gently, now violently, according as the water is angry or calm… every day a new fancy, and our humors shift with shifts in the weather”- about how we are carried along by our thoughts

“You die in the same way that you fall asleep: by drifting away. If other people try to pull you back, you hear their voices on “the edges of the soul”.

“Philosophers find it hard to leave the world because they try to maintain control. So much for “To philosophize is to learn how to die””

“If you don’t know how to die, don’t worry; Nature will tell you what to do in the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don’t bother your head about it.”