“if you are unwilling to change, do not enter into philosophical arguments” — Elif Shafak Change Copy Share Image
“The civilized world is ahead of us; we have no choice but to catch up.” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“Whatever you do, she would have said, don't hurt anyone and don't let anyone hurt you. Be neither a heartbreaker nor heartbroken.” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“How terrible it was to still be mentally and emotionally attached to someone from whom you have been physically separated.” — elif shafak Feelings Copy Share Image
“Different subjects required different sitting arrangements, Azur explained. For politics, scattered and amorphous; for sociology, a neat triangle; for statistics, a rectangle;… — Elif Shafak International relations Copy Share Image
“If you couldn't help harboring higher aspirations in life, you should at least harbor only simple desires, reduced in passion and ambition,… — Elif Shafak Ambition Copy Share Image
“Masters are great but books are better. He who has a library has a thousand teachers. Your Prophet said, “Seek lore, even… — Elif Shafak Books Copy Share Image
“Before passing through the gates of a town I've never visited, I take a minute to salute its saints - the dead… — Elif Shafak Connection Copy Share Image
“He tip-toed past the double bed that had been placed in a corner - wrought-iron headboard, embroidered pillows, amulets against the evil-eye… — Elif Shafak Boys Copy Share Image
“If you don't know what to do with an answer, don't ask the question.” — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“In general, one shouldn't be too rigid about anything because "to live meant to constantly shift colours.” — Elif Shafak Philosophy Copy Share Image
“No matter what might pour down, no matter how heavy the cloudburst or how icy the sleet, you should never ever utter… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
“It was always like this. When you spoke the truth, they hated you. The more you talked about love, the more they… — Elif Shafak Bigotry 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 Copy Share Image
“As I went through all these experiences, I began to compile a list that wasn't written down in any book, only inscribed… — Elif Shafak Books Copy Share Image
“By and large, the narrow-minded say that dancing is sacrilege. They think God gave us music—not only the music we make with… — Elif Shafak Dance Copy Share Image
“The past is a whirlpool. If you let it dominate your present moment, it will suck you in. Time is just an… — Elif Shafak Elif-shafak 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 Parenting 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 Spring day Copy Share Image
“Why did it have to be this way? Why did she not feel attracted to this boy, who was kind and personable,… — Elif Shafak Happiness Copy Share Image
“Jokes in the face of calamity made one feel dirty, guilty; they also dissolved the fear and lessened the weight of uncertainty,… — Elif Shafak Fear Copy Share Image
“Try not to resist the changes that come your way. Instead let life live through you. And do not worry that your… — Elif Shafak Change Copy Share Image
“The whole universe is contained within a single human being—you. Everything that you see around, including the things you might not be… — Elif Shafak Bright side Copy Share Image
