Quotes from Shams-i Tabrizi

We can only learn and advance with contradictions. The faithful inside should meet the doubtful. The doubtful should meet the faithful. Human slowly advances and becomes mature when he accepts his contradictions.

Whatever happens to you... Don't fall in despair, Even if all the doors are closed... A secret path will be there for you that no one knows, You can't see it yet... But so many paradises are at the end of this path, Be grateful... It is easy to thank after obtaining what you want... Thank before having what you want.

A life without love is a waste. "Should I look for spiritual love, or material, or physical love?", don't ask yourself this question. Discrimination leads to discrimination. Love doesn't need any name, category or definition. Love is a world itself. Either you are in, at the center…either you are out, yearning.

When I was a child, I saw God, I saw angels; I watched the mysteries of the higher and lower worlds. I thought all men saw the same. At last I realized that they did not see.…

Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house.

Love is the water of life. And a lover is a soul of fire! The universe turns differently when fire loves water.

The real dirt is not outside, but inside, in our hearts. We can wash all stains with water. The only one we can't remove is the grudge and the bad intentions sticking to our hearts.

When a sincere woman begins to dance, the seven heavens, the earth, and all creatures begin to dance.