Wisdom Quote by Elif Shafak — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“God is a meticulous clockmaker. So precise is His order that everything on earth happens in its own time. Neither a minute late nor a minute early. And for everyone without exception, the clock works accurately. For each there is a time to love and a time to die.”

“Mourning is like virginity. You should give it to the one who deserves it most.”

“It was always like this. When you spoke the truth, they hated you. The more you talked about love, the more they hated you.”

“It is never too late to ask yourself, ‘Am I ready to change the life I am living? Am I ready to change within?’ Even if a single day in your life is the same as the day before, it surely is a pity. At every moment and with each new breath, one should be renewed and renewed again. There is only one way to be born into a new life: to die before death.”

“Wisdom is a mountain capped with snow. I've yet to meet the person who's given it a hug.”

“Poverty is a nation with no borders and he is no foreigner in it but a native son.”

“Spirituality is not separate or above nature—the spiritual is the natural. Spiritual practice consists in communing with the living intelligences perceived to be indwelling in nature, with conscious respect and reverence.”

“Isn’t it funny how we make rational excuses for being out of alignment?”

“The more you look into and understand yourself, the less judgmental you become towards others.”

“You ought to know, you were my best friend. You were. I know you loved me. I loved you.”

“A primary requirement in every enterprise in habit-formation is self-confidence.”

“So do flux and reflux--the rhythm of change--alternate and persist in everything under the sky.”