Sufis Quotes - Page 2

Sufism," according to the Sufi, "is an adventure in living, necessary adventure.

The teaching must, of course, work with the best part of the individual, must be directed to his or her real capacity.

Nobody can stand between you and knowledge if you are fit for it.

To Him who has sense, a sign is enoughFor the heedless, however, a thousand expositions are not enough.

Sufism is experience, and hence not to be defined – imprisoned – in perennial, static categories.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaPatience: A support for the disappointed.

The would-be Sufi needs guidance precisely because books, texts, while telling you what is needed, do not tell you when.

Everyone does not know the secrets of TruthThe States of Truth are not evidential.

Sufism, the "secret tradition," is not available on the basis of assumptions which belong to another world, the world of intellect.

Much smoke has been seen, and caused great fear of fire — even when no fire ensued.

ANDAKI:tEFFORT IS NOT EFFORT WITHOUT ZAMAN, MAKAN, IKHWAN (RIGHT TIME, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT PEOPLE).

Sandals. The Sufi teacher Ghulam-Shah was asked what pattern he used in formulating his courses for disciples. He said: 'Barefoot until you can get sandals, sandals until you can manage boots.

If you really want to learn, do not be surprised if someone tries to teach you. And do not lightly reject the method.

A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information.

If wine is the enemy of religion, I shall devour the enemy of religion.

Brave is the thief who carries a lamp in his hand.

Imagination blocks you like a bolt on a door. Burn that bar. (Rumi)

The secret protects itself. It is found only in the spirit and practice of the Work.

The donkey which brought you to this door must be dismissed if you want to get through it’.

Voice in the nightA voice whispered to me last night: 'There is no such thing as a voice whispering in the night!

Helping othersI order you to assist any oppressed person, whether he is a Moslem or not.

Feeling important is a vice, not a virtue, however concealed as participation in something noble.

Superior experience and knowledge will be made available to a man or woman in exact accordance with his worth, capacity and earning of it

Those who can’t, try: those who can, don’t have to.

RemedyYour medicine is in you, and you do not observe it. Your ailment is from yourself, and you do not register it.Hazrat Ali

Patience is the food of understanding.

The Sufi saying has it: "God, to the bee, is something which has TWO stings!

No practice exists in isolation.

Only the search for truth is valid, the desire for wisdom the motive. The method is assimilation, not study.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaBribetSubstitute for law, which is a substitute for justice.

Rumi speaks of people who rely upon the written word as sometimes being no more than donkeys laden with books.

If I knew what two and two were – I would say Four!

Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means.

Be a dog, but don't be a younger brother.Proverb.

Nothing can defile the Sufi, and he in fact purifies everything.” Abu-Turab al-Nakhsabi.

I longed to teach, but I had to wait until the desire had left me before I could really do so.

If the father cannot, the son will finish the task.

None meets harm who knows his capacity.

Everything man needs is in the world.

When the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it.

In the distorting mirror of your mind, an angel can seem to have a devil's face.

Saying of the ProphetTruthSpeaking the truth to the unjust is the best of holy wars.