The Sufis Quotes
The selection and following of a spiritual guide is the most important duty of a Sufi.
It is necessary to note, " says Rumi, "that opposite things work together, even though nominally opposed" (Fihi Ma Fihi).
At His door, what is the difference between Moslem and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and He the sought.
Saying of the Prophet.Ink and Blood:The ink of the learned is holier than the blood of the martyr.
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 pathways into Sufic thinking are, it is traditionally said, almost as varied as the number of Sufis in existence.
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
As with any other specialisation, teaching is a vocation, open only to those who are truly capable of discharging its functions.
When you get a principle on which everyone is agreed, you get the beginning of complacency and deterioration.
When you feel least interested in following the Way which you have entered, this may be the time when it is most appropriate for you.
The secret protects itself. It is found only in the spirit and practice of the Work.
Unbelief and belief are both marching on His road, while both are saying, ‘He is one and He has no associates’.
Understanding and knowledge are completely different sensations in the realm of Truth than they are in the realm of society.
If you forsake a path, it is because you were hoping for conviction from it. You seek conviction, not self-knowledge.
Do not dwell upon whether you will put yourself into the hands of a teacher. You are always in his hands.
Debating whether one trusts or not is a sign that one does not want to trust at all, and therefore is still incapable of it.
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.
Those who say ‘I am ready to learn’, or ‘I am not ready to learn’ are as often mistaken as they are correct in their surmise.
A Sufi is one who is not bound by anything nor does he bind anything
When there is a true or useful thing, there is sure to be a counterfeit.
Miracles, to the Sufi, are not evidential, they are instrumental.
Continuously, in commemoration of the FriendWe drank wine, even before the creation of the vine.
He is the completed Man who, from his completeness, performs, with his Mastership, the work of a slave.
Everyone does not know the secrets of TruthThe States of Truth are not evidential.
Sufism is always systematised only for limited or transitory periods: because Sufism is primarly instrumental, not for enjoyment or display.
To Him who has sense, a sign is enoughFor the heedless, however, a thousand expositions are not enough.
The bird which has no knowledge of pure water, has his beak in salt water all year round.
If you cannot sit on a throne like a king, seize, like a tent-pitcher, the rope of the Royal tent.
Give and TakeThe Chief takes less than he is givenAnd gives more than he has taken.
Give and TakeThe Chief takes less than he is givenAnd gives more than he has taken
Now that I have found thee, I know that in the first step I took, I moved away from thee.
Hazrat Ali, in a saying attributed to him, says: ‘Man is in disguise, covered by his tongue’.
A short time in the presence of the Friends (the Sufis) is better than a hundred years’ sincere, obedient dedication.
Do not tell your secrets to everyone in this headquarters, Earth. We have surveyed it well. There was nobody to whom to entrust secrets.
Abu-Yaqub al-Susi: the Sufi is 'One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he has not.
