Sufi thought and action Quotes

“But one may say something and yet not be able to do it. Try, for instance, lifting yourself up by the bootstraps.”

“Self-mortification, far from producing liberation from material things, is far more likely to cause either an unhinged mind, delusions or a masochistic taste for more suffering, experienced, of course, as joy.”

“The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk.”

“Miracles, to the Sufi, are not evidential, they are instrumental.”

“There are as many paths to Truth as there are souls of men.”

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

“Whoever knows God, does not (any longer) say “God”.”

“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.”

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

“Eat what you desire, but dress like other people.”