یا چنان نمای که هستی یا چنان باش که می‌نمایی

Be Real.

Many people have talked about “being yourself” and there are different teachings about it from the East to the West. But, I believe, this concept has been expressed in its most attractive form by Bayazid Bastami. The rich concept in addition to its beauty in Persian prose is amazing. Translating it into English reduces a large part of its wonder, but it has the following meaning: either be as you appear, or show as you are.

یا چنان نمای که هستی یا چنان باش که می‌نمایی
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