“The major barrier to understanding is wishful thinking and following that which pleases one.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Real generosity is anonymous to the extent that a man should be prepared even to be considered ungenerous rather than explain it… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Walk your wounds, surf your suffering. Amidst self-lovers, martyr is the king.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly. — Rumi Copy Share Image
“el Sufi es “alguien que no se preocupa cuando le quitan algo, pero que no cesa de buscar lo que no tiene.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
“Mevlana had his Shams, MLK had his Gandhi, Gandhi had his Tolstoy and I have my Gadadhar.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Only the heart can shatter to a million pieces and still keep beating,” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“On the Sufi path, first you discover the art of being alone amid the crowd. Next you discover the crowd within your… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
Most mystics do not want to read religious wisdom; they want to be it. A postcard of a beautiful lake is not… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
“The Sufi Muslims say, "Praise Allah, but also tie your camel to the post." In other words, it's good to take a… — Dan Harris Copy Share Image
There are two languages that I love: Farsi and Panjabi. Because the depth of Sufi thought in these two languages cannot be… — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Copy Share Image
“The lover drinks and the cup-bearer pours. The lover thinks but the cup-bearer knows: love begets love. Since this wine is love,… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“The human life-essence, let's call it soul, is infinite, unconditioned, eternal immanence of the Whole. The sufi, yogi, free-mystics of East, of… — Fakeer Ishavardas Copy Share Image
There are millions and millions of Sufis who have existed in Islamic history and have the deepest impact on every aspect of… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
The Sufis have a saying: "Praise Allah, and tie your camel to a post." This brings together both parts of practice: pray,… — Jack Kornfield Copy Share Image
“Islam and Christianity promise eternal paradise to the faithful. And that is a powerful opiate, certainly, the hope of a better life… — John Green Copy Share Image
Sufis have always been those that have tried to purify the ethics of Islam and society. And they don't have their hands… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr Copy Share Image
We view Sufism not as an ideology that molds people to the right way of belief or action, but as an art… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“This is a day of celebration! Today, we are divorcing the past and marrying the present. Dance, and you will find God… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
In the story ["The Pyramid and the Ass"] there's this war against the so-called Buddhist Terrorists. As we find out, they're not… — Alexander Weinstein Copy Share Image
“Knowledge,” which for al-Qônawî is never very far from Sufi gnosis, is “an abstract universal reality,” or “a single universal reality.” In… — Franz Rosenthal Copy Share Image
There is a succession of experiences which together constitute the educational and developmental ripening of the learner, according to the Sufis. People… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
The Sufis advise us to speak only after our words have managed to pass through three gates. At the first gate, we… — Eknath Easwaran Copy Share Image
“The man who knows must discharge a function. The one who does not, cannot arrogate one to himself; he can only try… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
I love sufi music and that's the reason why I'm such a big fan of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. — Sonu Kakkar Copy Share Image
“Laksana setitik embun nafas melekat di daun. Daun itulah jasad engkau. (Mengharap)” — Darma Mohammad Copy Share Image
Sufi poetry is, in a sense, self-help poetry about how to live a decent life, how to deal with your mortality. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“I looked for love, I found pain. I avoided pain, I lost love. I looked for pain, I found love. I accepted… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Abu-Yaqub al-Susi: the Sufi is 'One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information…The key is the teacher.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“If you seek a teacher, try to become a real student. If you want to be a student, try to find a… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
You must go to Mahometanism, to Buddhism, to the East, to the Sufis Fakirs, to Pantheism, for the right growth of mysticism. — Florence Nightingale Copy Share Image
“Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“I will speak of love until you go mad and join me in my mad worship of love.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“I searched for my Beloved in the strangest of places, until the day I realized I couldn't take my eyes off Her.” — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
“Aprender a aprender: Decir "sí" a la vía sufi es decir "no" a las fugas imaginadas.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Before I begin to write, I listen to music that inspires me. I listen to folk Punjabi music, sufi music. — Rupi Kaur Copy Share Image
“Only the search for truth is valid, the desire for wisdom the motive. The method is assimilation, not study.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
![“In the story ["The Pyramid and the Ass"] there's this war against the so-called Buddhist Terrorists. As we find out, they're not really terrorists at all, just good folks trying to liberate people from technology and fight against an American government/corporation trying to coopt our souls. The…” quote by Alexander Weinstein](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/95d/alexander-weinstein-17341_american-government_in-the-story-the-pyramid-and-the-ass-the_2664321.jpg)
