246 Quotes by Elif Shafak

What i’m saying is, my friends, one ought to be able to let go. If a path does not please us, instead of insisting on going that specific way, of making our selfishness the guide, we ought to forsake. The books we cannot write, the films we cannot shoot, the projects we cannot develop, the jobs we cannot pursue and the people who no longer love us. Being able to let go, at times, is the most beautiful of all!

Смирението не значи да си малодушен и бездеен. То не води нито до фатализъм, нито до капитулация. Точно обратното. В смирението е заложена сила – сила, извираща отвътре. Който се подчини смирено на божественото естество на живота, ще пребъде в невъзмутимо спокойствие и мир, дори когато целият широк свят е хвърлен в смут.

Some people make the mistake of confusing "submission" with "weakness", whereas it is anything but. Submission is a form of peaceful acceptance of the terms of the universe including the things we are currently unable to change or comprehend.

Some people make the mistake of confusing "submission" with "weakness", whereas it is anything but. Submission is a form of peaceful acceptance of the terms of the universe including the things we are currently unable to change or comprehend.I accepted the fact that there are things beyond my limits. I can only see some parts, like floating fragments from a movie, but the bigger scheme is beyond my comprehension.

Believers are each other's mirrors.

You dervishes are as crazy as rats in a pantry. Especially you wandering types. All day long you fast and pray and walk under the scorching sun. No wonder you start hallucinating - your brain is fried!

If there was a God up there, He must be laughing His head off at a human race capable of making atomic bombs and building artificial intelligence, but still uncomfortable with their own mortality and unable to sort out what to do with their dead. How pathetic it was to try to relegate death to the periphery of life when death was at the centre of everything.

Никога не е късно да се запиташ: “Готов ли съм да променя живота си? Готов ли съм да се променя отвътре?” Наистина е много жалко, ако и един-единствен ден в живота ти е същият, както предишния. Във всеки миг, с всяка нова глътка въздух трябва да се обновяваш отново и отново.

Ceea ce nu poate fi pus în cuvinte poate fi priceput doar prin tăcere.