“Granting an equal vote to the ignorant is like handing matches to a toddler” — Elif Shafak Equality Copy Share Image
“Choose Love, Love! Without the sweet life of Love, living is a burden—as you have seen.” — Elif Shafak Burden Copy Share Image
“Aziz was that rare type of man a woman could love without losing her self-respect.” — Elif Shafak Feminism Copy Share Image
“Painfully delicate and surprisingly strong, silk resembles love.” — Elif Shafak Delicate Copy Share Image
“Plutarch was right after all. Fate did lead those who were willing to be led, and those who resisted the idea, like… — Elif Shafak Plutarch Copy Share Image
“It was an ordinary spring day in Istanbul, a long and leaden afternoon like so many others, when she discovered, with a… — Elif Shafak Heart Copy Share Image
“On the Sufi path, first you discover the art of being alone amid the crowd. Next you discover the crowd within your… — Elif Shafak Art Copy Share Image
“Things that can seem malicious or unfortunate are often a blessing in disguise, whereas things that might seem pleasant can be harmful… — Elif Shafak Blessing in disguise Copy Share Image
“Never had it occurred to him that you could deceive the person you held dear. It was his first lesson in the… — Elif Shafak Deceive Copy Share Image
“When you master a language, you are given the key to a castle. What you’ll find inside depends on you.” — Elif Shafak Castle Copy Share Image
“was religion an empowering force for women who otherwise had limited power in a society designed for and by men, or was… — Elif Shafak Empowering Copy Share Image
“But the story didn't end there. Almost 800 years later, the spirits of Shams & Rumi are still alive today,whirling amid us somewhere…” — Elif Shafak Years Later Copy Share Image
“the hearts of all mystic lovers.” Likewise when Ibn Arabi, the distinguished philosopher, writer, and mystic, saw the young Rumi walking behind… — Elif Shafak Mystic Copy Share Image
“There's something about love that resembles faith. It's kind of blind trust, isn't it? The sweetest euphoria. The magic of connecting with… — Elif Shafak Blind trust Copy Share Image
“God was a maze without a map, a circle without a centre; the pieces of a jigsaw that never seemed to fit… — Elif Shafak Maze Copy Share Image
“Peri felt the energy in her father's hand ebb; his fingers grew light and bloodless, the hand of a cadaver waiting to… — Elif Shafak Father Copy Share Image
“It was a modest, out-of-the-way place in downtown Tucson, the only shrine in America dedicated to the soul of a sinner, reported… — Elif Shafak Shrine Copy Share Image
“Od nje je naučio dvije osnovne stvari o ljubavi: prvo, da je, za razliku od onoga što romantici tako naduto tvrde, ljubav… — Elif Shafak Toga Copy Share Image
“Why roots were rated so highly compared with branches or leaves, Peri had never understood. Trees had multiple shoots and filaments extending… — Elif Shafak Flower Copy Share Image
“In many parts of the world you were what you said and what you did and, also, what you read; in Turkey,… — Elif Shafak Books Copy Share Image
“When you kill someone, something from that person passes to you - a sigh, a smell or a gesture. I call it… — Elif Shafak Curse Copy Share Image
“One day a man came running to a Sufi and said, panting, "Hey, they are carrying trays, look over there!" The Sufi… — Elif Shafak Business Copy Share Image
“My interest in Sufism began when I was a college student. At the time, I was a rebellious young woman who liked… — Elif Shafak Change Copy Share Image
“…We tend to form comfort zones based on similarity, and then produce macro- opinions and clichés about ‘Others’, whom, in fact, we… — Elif Shafak Beneath the surface Copy Share Image
“One of the rules says, You can study God through everything and everyone in the universe, because God is not confined in… — Elif Shafak Spiritual Copy Share Image
“Intellect and love are made of two different materials. Intellect ties people in knots and risks nothing, but love dissolves all tangles… — Elif Shafak Intellect Copy Share Image
“Wordlessly, Deniz gave her mother a sidelong glance, her incredulity apparent. For the first time it crossed her mind that the woman… — Elif Shafak Different person Copy Share Image
“You were expected to believe in the State for the same reason you were expected to believe in God: fear. The bourgeoisie,… — Elif Shafak Believe in god Copy Share Image
“Tragedy was a commodity like any other. it was meant to be consumed- individually and collectively.” — Elif Shafak Consumed Copy Share Image
“Does what we do in life matter so much? Or is it what we don't do that carries weight?” — Elif Shafak Carries Copy Share Image
“Talent is a favor of the divine. To perfect it one must work hard.” — Elif Shafak Miracles Copy Share Image
“One must walk the Earth with wonder, or it is full of miracles yet to be witnessed.” — Elif Shafak Earth Copy Share Image
“Faith is only a word if there is no love at its center, so flaccid and lifeless, vague and hollow - not… — Elif Shafak Belief Copy Share Image
“It never took her long to darken any conversation, as from birth she was inclined to see misery in each and every… — Elif Shafak Communication Copy Share Image
“You dervishes are as crazy as rats in a pantry. Especially you wandering types. All day long you fast and pray and… — Elif Shafak Dervishes Copy Share Image
“Peri understood and accepted that some daughters were born with a mission: to fulfill their fathers' dreams. In doing so, they would… — Elif Shafak Children Copy Share Image
![“It was a modest, out-of-the-way place in downtown Tucson, the only shrine in America dedicated to the soul of a sinner, reported the historical plaque there. [...] He went there because that was the one holy place that didn't compel him to change into someone else in order to welcome him.” quote by Elif Shafak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d1f/elif-shafak-1594_quote_it-was-a-modest-out-of-the-way-place-in_2071146.jpg)
