“Granting an equal vote to the ignorant is like handing matches to a toddler” — Elif Shafak Equality Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of cities in the world: those that reassure their residents that tomorrow and the day after, and the… — Elif Shafak Breaking news Copy Share Image
“Ironically, [living in] communities of the like - minded is one of the greatest dangers of today ́s globalized world. And it… — Elif Shafak Community Copy Share Image
“Choose Love, Love! Without the sweet life of Love, living is a burden—as you have seen.” — Elif Shafak Burden-of-life 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
“Pity the fool who thinks the boundaries of his mortal mind are the boundaries of God the Almighty. Pity the ignorant who… — Elif Shafak Death Copy Share Image
“My life is complete and fulfilled, in that I have been blessed with the three things I hold most dear: knowledge, virtue,… — Elif Shafak Help others Copy Share Image
“You are too timid for me. You care too much about what other people think. But you know what? Because you are… — Elif Shafak Approval of others 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 Copy Share Image
“In truth, food (within reason, don't go overboard) and beverages (non-alcoholic, we need our brains sober) are encouraged- not only because they… — Elif Shafak Truth Copy Share Image
“Let us choose one another as companions! Let us sit at each other's feet! Inwardly we have many harmonies - think not… — Elif Shafak Companions Copy Share Image
“That, too, was one of his rules: Most of the problems of the world stem from linguistic mistakes and simple misunderstandings. Don’t… — Elif Shafak Face value 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
“Silence is the worst. Whenever a thick cloud of silence descends, the yapping voices inside me become all the more audible, rising… — Elif Shafak Silence Copy Share Image
“Aziz was that rare type of man a woman could love without losing her self-respect.” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“It was all because of the traffic, she would later reassure herself. Rumbling, roaring, metal clanking against metal like the cries of… — Elif Shafak Psychology Copy Share Image
“If you want to destroy something, be it a blemish, acne or the human soul, all you need to do is surround… — Elif Shafak Human soul 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
“Intellect and love are made of two different materials. Intellect ties people in knots and risks nothing, but love dissolves all tangles… — Elif Shafak Intelligence Copy Share Image
