“If I didnt positive have people influencing my life in a positive way, I dont know where Id be right now. We have to be exceptional ” - Oswald Chambers “It is inbred in us that we have to do exceptional things for God: but we have not. Give it another month and Id be collecting his ” - Kelley Armstrong “I even pulled out the can of cat treats.
“Like the Baron, Mathilde developed a formula for acting out life as a series of roles-that is, by saying to herself in the ” - Anais-Nin “I think my favorite sound is the sound of someone not playing the bongos. The people around them are doing the real damage. “Young women are not putting themselves in danger. From an evolutionary perspective, its exactly the response you want to have when your life is ” - Sebastian Junger “I doubt she likes the idea of seeing him put back in a cage." "Maybe not," he said. “Cousin Mary hoped her journey through periods of dark and light was like that of a Swiss train toiling up the mountainside, in ” - Elizabeth Goudge “Before, I liked cars, yachts, a door locked from the inside, and you. Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full.“His tiny, naked butt disappeared into the stream as he cried, "Wheeeee! Balls out!" I think thats a rugby reference," Bertie said. It is looking at the thorn and seeing rose, looking at the night and seeing the day.
And a lover is a soul of fire! The universe turns differently when fire loves water.” – Shams Tabrizi Don’t ask yourself what kind of love you should seek, spiritual or material, divine or mundane, eastern or western…divisions only lead to more divisions. “A life without love is of no account.One’s sorrow at the other side of the world can make the entire world suffer one’s happiness can make the entire world smile.” – Shams Tabrizi Do not break anyone’s heart do not look down on weaker than you. Everything and everyone is bound together with some invisible strings.
“Instead of resisting to changes, surrender.20 Quotes From Rumi’s Spiritual Instructor, Shams Tabrizi The tomb of Shams-i Tabrīzī was recently nominated to be a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site.īelow is a list of 20 quotes from Tabrīzī, that reflect his direct influence on Rumi – and articulate the spiritual journey of life in a simultaneously cerebral and cathartic fashion. Tradition holds that Shams taught Rumi in seclusion in Konya for a period of forty days, before fleeing for Damascus. Tabrīzī was a Persian Sunni Muslim, who is credited as Rumi’s spiritual instructor, and is referenced in great reverence in the work entitled Diwan-i Shams-i Tabrīzī (The Works of Shams of Tabriz). His poems and quotes are some of the most favored amongst spiritual communities, but the lesser-known inspiration and spiritual influence of Rumi’s work comes from his mentor – a man named Shams-i-Tabrīzī (1185-1248). Often described as the “most popular poet” and the “best selling poet” in the United States. Over the past seven centuries, his influence has transcended international borders and ethnic divisions, and his poems have been widely translated into many of the world’s languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi (1207-1273) was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic.