The sufis Quotes

“Scholars of the East and West have heroically consecrated their whole working lives to making available, by means of their own disciplines, Sufi literary and philosophical material to the world at large. In many cases they have faithfully recorded the Sufis' own reiteration that the Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.”

“Scholars of the East and West have heroically consecrated their whole working lives to making available, by means of their own disciplines, Sufi literary and philosophical material to the world at large. In many cases they have faithfully recorded the Sufis' own reiteration that the Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.”

“The pathways into Sufic thinking are, it is traditionally said, almost as varied as the number of Sufis in existence.”

“The Sufis say, "This is not a religion; it is religion”

“The Sufis are unanimous that a Guide (Sheikh) is absolutely essential, though never available on demand: 'the Sufis are not merchants'.”

“He who is fortunately enlightened [the Sufi]Knows that sophistry is from the devil and love from Adam.”

“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.”

“It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed.”

“It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.”

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

“The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete.”