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Sufi Quotes

The Sufis are unanimous that a Guide (Sheikh) is absolutely essential, though never available on demand: 'the Sufis are not merchants'. Idries Shah
Nusrat F. A. Khan quote: "I am not a Sufi, but I follow the Sufi."
I am not a Sufi, but I follow the Sufi. Nusrat F. A. Khan
The great Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi once advised his students to write down the three things they most wanted in life. If any item on the list clashes with any other item, Rumi warned, you are destined for unhappiness. Better to live a life of single-pointed focus, he taught. But what about the benefits of living harmoniously among extremes? What if you could somehow create an expansive enough life that you could synchronize seemingly incongruous opposites into a worldview that... Elizabeth Gilbert
Idries Shah quote: "The sufis believe that they can experience something more..."
The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete. Idries Shah
I thought about one of my favorite Sufi poems, which says that God long ago drew a circle in the sand exactly around the spot where you are standing right now. I was never not coming here. This was never not going to happen. Elizabeth Gilbert
The great Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi once advised his students to write down the three things they most wanted in life. If any item on the list clashes with any other item, Rumi warned, you are destined for unhappiness. Elizabeth Gilbert
Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the pearl Rumi
Idries Shah quote: "The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through..."
The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk. Idries Shah
The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love. Idries Shah
Idries Shah quote: "It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis."
It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis. Idries Shah

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