“You can purify your body through fasting and abstinence, but only love will purify your heart.”ģ0. “Neither a drop of kindness nor a speck of evil will remain unreciprocated.”Ģ9. Every time we hate, envy, or fight someone, we tumble straight into the fires of hell.”Ģ7. “The way to a man’s heart can sometimes take a woman far away from herself, my dear.”Ģ8. Every time we fall in love, we ascend to heaven. 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.”Ģ6. “ Quit worrying about hell or dreaming about heaven, as they are both present inside this very moment. Little did I know that I was making the most common and the most painful mistake women have made all throughout the ages: to naively think that with their love they can change the man they love.”Ģ5.
There is only one-way to be born into a new life: to die before death.”Ģ4. “I slept peacefully that night, feeling exultant and determined. “At every moment and with each new breath, one should be renewed and renewed again. The universe turns differently when fire loves water.”Ģ3. You might not change your instrument but how well you play is entirely in your hands.”Ģ2. “A life without love is of no account… Love has no labels, no definitions. “Your destiny is the level where you will play your tune. The moment you start looking for Love, you start to change within and without.”Ģ0. “Just as clay needs to go through intense heat to become strong, Love can only be perfected in pain.”Ģ1. There is no seeker among those who search for Love who has not matured on the way.
Solitude is better for us, as it means being alone without feeling lonely.”ġ9. “The quest for Love changes us. When you are lonely, it is easy to delude yourself into believing that you are on the right path. That which cannot be put into words can only be grasped through silence.”ġ8. “Loneliness and solitude are two different things. When you step into the zone of love, language as we know it becomes obsolete. It is a sign that you will soon be showered in roses”ġ7. Inwardly we have many harmonies – think notġ6. “Be thankful for every thorn that others might throw at you. “Let us choose one another as companions! That’s the hardest part and that’s what you are responsible for.”ġ3. “No matter what your destination, just be sure to make every journey a journey within.”ġ4. “His honesty offended others, but he liked to provoke people to see what came out of them in moments of anger.”ġ5. How do you know that the side you are used to is better than the one to come”ġ1. “Finally I understood that whenever people heard something unusual, they called it a dream”ġ2. “Fret not where the road will take you. And do not worry that your life is turning upside down. “Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Having roots nowhere, I have everywhere to go.”ġ0. “I hunt everywhere for a life worth living and a knowledge worth knowing. 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.”ĩ. “You can study God through everything and everyone in the universe, because God is not confined in a mosque, synagogue or church. Submission is a form of peaceful acceptance of the terms of the universe, including the things we are currently unable to change or comprehend.”Ĩ. Not being on the watch for the fault of others.”ħ. “Some people make the mistake of confusing ‘submission’ with ‘weakness,’ whereas it is anything but. Be the flow.”Ħ. “What we need is sincere self-examination. “Where there is love, there is bound to be heartache.”Ĥ. “The words that come out of our mouths do not vanish but are perpetually stored in infinite space, and they will come back to us in due time.”ĥ. Even when all doors remain closed, God will open up a new path only for you. “Whatever happens in your life, no matter how troubling things might seem, do not enter the neighborhood of despair. If we are the same person before and after we loved, that means we haven’t loved enough.”Ģ. “Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. It’s a book that encourages you to transform your life and fill it with love. Her book is inspired by Rumi’s message of love and his companionship with his spiritual master Shams of Tabriz. The Forty Rules of Love is a book written by the Turkish female author Elif Shafak.