 Haci Bektas-i VeliHaci Bektas-i Veli was born in 1248 B.C. in Nishabur city of Khorasan in Iran and spent his childhood and youth in Khorasan; learned philosophy, social and technical sciences in Hoca Ahmet Yesevi Center and after travelling and studying Iran, Iraq, Arabia arrived in Anadolia in 1275/80 B.C. and settled in Hacibektas (formerly called Sulucakarahoyuk).
In that era Anatolia had been crushed under Mongolian invasion on the one part and had faced with great political and economic crisis as well as struggles of throne on the other part. Haci Bektas-i Veli who had settled in Sulucakarahoyuk in such condition improved his philosophy and began to educate students. His system of thought based on tolerance and love of human being had spread shortly to masses of great people in Cappadocia which had been a greet center of Christianity and adopted by the people.
- The end of path not leading science is dark,
- Educate women,
- Control your hand, waist, tongue!
- The greatest book to be read is human being
- Honesty is the door of friendship,
- The quality of a spiritual teacher is to give, not to receive,
- Universe is within Adam, Adam is within the Universe,
- Science is the light illuminating roads towards the reality,
- The end of road not led by science is dark,
- Our way has been established on science, knowledge and love of human,
- Clean up your dwelling place, deserve the money you earn,
- Let us unite together, let us be huge, alive,
- Do not hurt even if you were offended,
- Whatever becomes heavy for your own personality, do not make it applied to anybody,
- Happy is those who enlighten the darkness of thought,
Be mediator,
- Perfection of a person is the beauty of his words,
Always bear in mind that even your enemy is a human,
- The biggest miracle is to work,
- Male, female are not questioned in the language of love.
- Everything created by God is placed orderly.
- Woman and man are not different according to us.
- Deficiency, shortness are in your views.
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