To illuminate the mind is to confront fear, to confront fear is to examine our limitations and boundaries.

I AM God the Creator, everything else I am not, although I can be if I so choose. And because that is so, everything is because I AM. There is one eternal, simple truth: I AM. To awaken the soul is to enlighten the mind. 'We live in a world of illusion bound by fear. 'We are each an unfinished work of art, both waiting and striving to be completed.' ~Shams Tabrizi Change your heart to change the world.вЂќ ~Shams Tabrizi Even if someone says badly about you, speak well about him. If you scream bad things, the world will give it back. If you scream good things, the world will give it back. So consider carefully, what prevents you from living the way you want to live your life?' ~Shams of Tabriz We live and we die, this is the truth that we can only face alone. You must ask yourself how is it you want to live your life. No matter what people call you, you are just who you are. 'There is only one important point you must keep in your mind and let it be your guide. The real guide is the one who makes you see your inner beauty, not the one who wants to be admired and followed.' ~Shams Tabrizi 'There are more fake guides and teachers in the world than stars. OneвЂ™s sorrow at the other side of the world can make the entire world suffer oneвЂ™s happiness can make the entire world smile.' ~~Shams of Tabriz Do not break anyoneвЂ™s heart do not look down on weaker than you. Everything and everyone is bound together with some invisible strings. 'The universe is a complete unique entity. The only one we canвЂ™t remove is the grudge and the bad intentions sticking to our hearts.' ~Shams of Tabriz 'The real dirt is not outside, but inside, in our hearts. If you want to experience eternal illumination, put the past and the future out of your mind and remain within the present moment.' ~Shams Tabrizi Eternity does not mean infinite time, but simply timelessness. Instead time moves through and within us, in endless spirals. The world does not move through time as if it were a straight line, proceeding from the past to the future. You can purify your body through abstinence and fasting, but only love will purify your heart.' ~Shams Tabrizi There is only one type of dirt that cannot be cleansed with pure water, and that is the stain of hatred and bigotry contaminating the soul. Lovers are patient and know that the moon needs time to become full.' ~Shams of Tabrizi It is looking at the thorn and seeing rose, looking at the night and seeing the day. 'Patience is not sitting and waiting, it is foreseeing. In loveвЂ™s country, language doesnвЂ™t have its place. DonвЂ™t pay so much attention to the words.

'Most of conflicts and tensions are due to language. A Sufi is thankful not only for what he has been given but also for all that he has been denied.' ~Shams Tabrizi 'It is easy to be thankful when all is well.

'Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house.' ~Shams Tabrizi 'For your faith to be rock solid, your heart needs to be as soft as a feather.' ~Shams Tabrizi Whenever we fight, hate, we are in hell.' ~Shams of Tabriz Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven. 'Don't search for heaven and hell in the future.

Shams tabrizi on pride