Sufi Quotes
An educated man believing in a this-that vile sky-god rewarding him-her, but punishing your enemies with hell and fire, is uneducated.
You will always have doubts, but only discover them at a useful time for your weakness to point them out.
Deteriorated science is a cult, so is imitative or deteriorated Sufism.
Sufism was formerly a reality without a name: now it is a name without a reality.
An old fool is worse than a young one: For the young may always grow wise. (Zohair)
But the world itself, as well as special attitudes, properly understood, constitute the Sufi school.
Only the search for truth is valid, the desire for wisdom the motive. The method is assimilation, not study.
If you are 'humble', it may help you in ordinary life. If you are not, you will get nowhere in higher things.
Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests.
The major barrier to understanding is wishful thinking and following that which pleases one.
Careful preparation is necessary before people can perceive something which is there all the time.
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He who is fortunately enlightened [the Sufi]Knows that sophistry is from the devil and love from Adam.
Ibn El-Arabi wrote, ‘The Teacher is he who hears you, then unveils you to yourself
At His door, what is the difference between Muslim and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and He the sought.
The totality of life cannot be understood, so runs Sufi teaching, if it is studied only through the methods which we use in everyday living.
Practise your knowledge, for knowledge without practice is a body without life
Do not dwell upon whether you will put yourself into the hands of a teacher. You are always in his hands.
The aspirant has to be guided by a mentor. The stage at which this guidance can take effect is seldom, if ever, perceptible to the learner.
It is experience which teaches, not controversy based on supposed logic and assumptions of what is likely to be true.
Sufi Teachers are not, as you might hope, people who make you feel peace and harmony.
I am the Real, for I have not ceased to be real – through the Real.
MAGHRIBI: Learning is in activity. Learning through words alone is minor activity.
EPITAPH OF JALALUDIN RUMIWhen we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men.
A short time in the presence of the Friends (the Sufis) is better than a hundred years’ sincere, obedient dedication.
I longed to teach, but I had to wait until the desire had left me before I could really do so.
A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information....The key is the teacher.
That which is given free is never knowledge. It may be information....but knowledge does not come in that manner.
To say "yes" to the Sufi way is to say "no" to imagined escapes.
Three things cannot be retrieved:The arrow once sped from the bowThe word spoken in hasteThe missed opportunity. Ali, the Lion of Islam.
Feeling important is a vice, not a virtue, however concealed as participation in something noble.
With enough information, it is almost impossible "not" to predict people's action.
He that is purified by love is pure
I searched for my Beloved in the strangest of places, until the day I realized I couldn't take my eyes off Her.
Greed harms you: generosity helps you. This is why is has been said: 'Greed is the mother of incapacity'.
No one is born beneath this dance. This dance gives birth to you.
Farsi Couplet: Agar firdaus bar roo-e zameen ast, Hameen ast-o hameen ast-o hameen ast. English Translation: If there is a paradise on earth, It is this, it is this, it is this
