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Rule #39
“While the parts change, the whole always remains the same … In this way not only does nothing remain the same but also nothing ever really changes.”

“You see, Ella, all I can give you is the present moment. That is all I have. But the truth is, no one has more than that. It is just that we like to pretend we do.”

“What we need is sincere self-examination. Not being on the watch for the faults of others.”

“Love cannot be explained. It can only be experienced.
Love cannot be explained, yet it explains all.”

“How can love be worthy of its name if one selects solely the pretty things and leaves out the hardships? It is easy to enjoy the good and dislike the bad. Anybody can do that. The real challenge is to love the good and the bad together, not because you need to take the rough with the smooth but because you need to go beyond such descriptions and accept love in its entirety.”

“Fret not where the road will take you. Instead concentrate on the first step. That’s the hardest part and that’s what you’re responsible for. Once you take that step let everything do what it naturally does and the rest will follow. Do not go with the flow. Be the flow.”

“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.”

“While you learn to cook, your soul will simmer” 🤭

“A Sufi is thankful not only for what he has been given but also for all he has been denied.”

“Only in another person’s heart can you truly see yourself and the presence of God within you”