Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves
Interpretation
Stay strong and resilient in the face of life's challenges.
This quote emphasizes the importance of maintaining inner strength and stability when faced with the inevitable difficulties and upheavals of life. Just as a rock remains steadfast in turbulent waters, individuals are encouraged to stay grounded and unaffected by the chaos that surrounds them, promoting resilience and fortitude in challenging situations.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming adversities.
Sufism is not a religion or a philosophy, it is neither deism nor atheism, nor is it a moral, nor a special kind of mysticism, being free from the usual religious sectarianism. If ever it could be called a religion, it would only be as a religion of love, harmony, and beauty.
I had composed songs, I sang, and played the vina. Practising this music I arrived at a stage where I touched the music of the spheres. Then every soul became a musical note, and all life became music. Inspired by it I spoke to the people, and those who were attracted by my words listened to them instead of listening to my songs.
Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.
What science cannot declare, art can suggest; what art suggests silently, poetry speaks aloud; but what poetry fails to explain in words, music can express. _x000D_ Whoever knows the mystery of vibrations indeed knows all things.
Atmosphere is a silent music. It has its effect upon the listener, exciting or peaceful, whatever it may be.
What makes us feel drawn to music is that our whole being is music: our mind and body, the nature in which we live, the nature which has made us, all that is beneath and around us, it is all music.
It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
Being FEARLESS isn't being 100% Not FEARFUL, it's being terrified but you jump anyway.
The more incompetent one feels, the more eager he is to fight.
When I started, I knew I didn't fit any visual that anyone was going to lie down and take their clothes off about. Work doesn't come to me; I go out and look for it.
Moral courage is more a rare commodity than bravery in a battle or great intelligence.
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
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