Quotes from Shams Tabrizi

Be sure that someday you'll praise and thank God for your unanswered prayers that once you had wept for them.

If you expect respect from others, show it first to yourself. You can't expect from others what you don't give to yourself.

Instead of resisting to changes, surrender. Let life be with you, not against you. If you think 'My life will be upside down' don't worry. How do you know down is not better than upside?

You can be everything in life but the important thing is to be a good person.

Surrendering is not a weakness. At the contrary it is strength. The surrender stops living in boiling water and starts living in a secure place.

There are more fake guides, teachers in the world than stars. The real guide is the one who makes you see your inner beauty, not the one who wants to be admired and followed.

You learn by reading but understand by LOVE.

For anew Self to be born, hardship is necessary. Just as clay needs to go through intense heat to become strong, Love can only be perfected in pain.

The quest for Love changes us. There is no seeker among those who search for Love who has not matured on the way. The moment you start looking for Love, you start to change within and without.

Most of conflicts and tensions are due to language. Don't pay so much attention to the words. In love's country, language doesn't have its place. Love's mute.

To get closer to Truth and Right, we need a beautiful and soft heart.

Love is a travel. All travelers whether they want or not are changed. No one can travel into love and remain the same.

Be grateful! It is easy to thank after obtaining what you want, thank before having what you want.

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

There may be one fault in a man that conceals a thousand qualities, or one excellence that conceals a thousand faults. The little indicates much.

A good man complains of no one; he does not look to faults.

Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart.