246 Quotes by Elif Shafak

Let love take hold of you and change you. At first through its presence then through its absence.

Male writers are thought of as "writers" first and then "men". As for female writers, they are first "feamle" and only then "writers".

Patience does not mean to passively endure. It means to be farsighted enough to trust the end result of a process. What does patience mean? It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see the dawn. Impatience means to be so shortsighted as to not be able to see the outcome. The lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full.

Quit worrying about hell or dreaming about heaven as they are both present inside this very moment. Why worry so much about the aftermath, an imaginary future, when this very moment is the only time we can truly and fully experience the presence and absence of God in our lives? Motivated by neither the fear of punishment nor the desire to be rewarded in heaven, Sufis love God simply because they love him.

إن الطريق إلى الحقيقة يمر من القلب، لا من الرأسفاجعل قلبك، لا عقلك، دليلك الرئيسي. واجه، تحدّ، وتغلب في نهاية المطاف على "النفس" بقلبك. إن معرفتك بنفسك ستقودك إلى معرفة الله

If a stone hits a river, the river will treat it as yet another commotion in its already tumultuous course. Nothing unusual. Nothing unmanageable. If a stone hits a lake, however, the lake will never be the same again.

Allah vrea să te-audă vorbind. Altfel te-ar fi făcut peşte.

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.

از دست ادم های متعصب خسته شدم, ذله شده ام! انقدر مطمعن اند که خدا طرف آنهاست که با چشم تحقیر به بقیه نگاه میکنند