We must strive to become intellectual nomads, keep moving, keep learning, resist confining ourselves in any cultural or mental ghetto, and spend more… - Elif Şafak

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We must strive to become intellectual nomads, keep moving, keep learning, resist confining ourselves in any cultural or mental ghetto, and spend more time not in select centres but at the margins, which is where real change always comes from.

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About Elif Şafak

Elif Shafak (born October 25, 1971) is a Turkish-British novelist, essayist, academic, public speaker and women's rights activist.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Publicity shot by Ebru Bilun, released by Michael Radulescu of Rusoff Agency, the literary agency for the subject (CC BY-SA)

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Alternative Names: Elif Shafak Elif Bilgin Shafaq

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If you want to change the way others treat you, you
should first change the way you treat
yourself. Unless you learn to love yourself, fully
and sincerely, there is no way you can be loved. Once you achieve that stage, however, be thankful for every thorn others might throw at you. It is a sign that you will soon be showered in roses.

فمع أن القرآن يقول أن النميمة وقذف الناس أثم كبير، قلما يبذل البشر أي جهد لكبح أنفسهم عن ممارسة ذلك . فهم لا يكفون عن إدانة شاربي الخمر، أو البحث عن النساء الزانيات لرجمهن، لكن عندما يتعلق الأمر بالنميمة التي هي أثم أعظم بكثير في نظر الله ، فإنهم لا يعرفون أنهم يرتكبون إثما.

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تقول القاعدة الاربعون انه لا قيمة للحياة من دون عشق لا تسأل نفسك ما نوع العشق الذي تريده روحي ام مادي الهي ام دنيوي غربي ام شرقي فالانقسمات لا تؤدي الا لمزيد من الانقسمات ليس للعشق تعريق و لا انما هو كما هو نقي و بسيط
العشق ماء الحياه.... و العشيق هو روح النار
يصبح الكون مختلفا عندما تعشق النار الماء
مذهلة ارشحها دائمًا

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