Sufi way Quotes

“To say "yes" to the Sufi way is to say "no" to imagined escapes.”

“The Sufi teacher’s mission is to be in the service of those who can learn.”

“It is no accident that Sufis find that they can connect most constructively with people who are well integrated into the world, as well as having higher aims, and that those who adopt a sensible attitude towards society and life as generally known can usually absorb Sufi teachings very well indeed”

“The teacher works in accordance with the prospects of his students and the possibility of maintaining the community of Sufis.”

“The person that you feel yourself to be, according to the Sufis, is a false person, which has no true reality.”

“But the world itself, as well as special attitudes, properly understood, constitute the Sufi school.”

“Sufis are those who have expunged from their minds the human tendencies of envy and enmity.”

“There can be no spirituality, according to the Sufi masters, without psychology, psychological insight and sociological balance.”

“A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information....The key is the teacher.”

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