Simply having the courage to say senseless things made me euphoric. I was free, with no need to seek or to give explanations for what I was doing. This freedom lifted me to the heavens – where greater love, one that forgives everything and never allows you to feel abandoned, once again enveloped me.
I’m afraid of taking steps that are not on the map, but by taking those steps despite my fears, I have a much more interesting life.
Every scar has a life of its own and a space in my heart.
Hatred is public demonstration of inferiority complex.
Most of the times, aggression will drive your enemy to do something that you are trying to prevent.
Every human being has the right to search for happiness, and by ‘happiness’ is meant something that makes other people feel content.
All statutes to the contrary are revoked.
Each human being was given two qualities: power and the gift. Power directs us towards our destiny; the gift obliges us to share with others what is best in us.
Fear reaches only to the point where the unavoidable begins; from there on, it loses its meaning. And all we have left is the hope that we are making the right decision.
The old shepherd was right: The only solution was to forget a part of uncertainty and create a new history for oneself.
Courage is fear that prays.
The brave are always stubborn.
Suffering has no strength to wound a weary body.
We must play music quietly, talk quietly, weep in private, because I am the all-powerful Zahir, who lays down the rules and determines the distance between railway tracks, the meaning of success, the best way to love, the importance of rewards.
Never make a fuss-it might attract the attention of an enemy tribe.
If u behave differently, u will be expelled from the tribe because u can infect others and destroy something that was extremely difficult to organize in the first place.
When we marry, we are authorized to take possession of the other person, body and soul.
What other people think is more important than what we feel.
We must eat three meals a day, even if we’re not hungry, and when we fail to fit the current ideal of beauty we must fast, even if we’re starving.
Our children must follow in our footsteps; after all, we are older and know about the world.