The basis of Sufism is consideration of the hearts and feelings of others. If you haven't the will to gladden someone's heart,… — Javad Nurbakhsh Copy Share Image
He that is purified by love is pure; and he that is absorbed in the Beloved and hath abandoned all else is… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Sufis deny the absolute reality of time, space and physical form. These things are both relative and local. They only appear to… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Islam and Sufism are one. Teaching that to understand Islam one must be a lover, how can one understand Islam when the… — Zarina Bibi Copy Share Image
“Patience is best in every case, For in this sentence is much meaning. Patience giveth thee thy desire, It relieveth thee from… — Saadi Copy Share Image
“Sufism is experiential. Capacities, even those for learning beyond a certain point, are provoked by Sufis, by one's own efforts and what… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Be the Christian Naskar, Muslim Naskar, Black Naskar, Latin Naskar, Jew Naskar, Farsi Naskar, Sikh Naskar, Slavic Naskar, Nordic Naskar, Baltic Naskar,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Stages First I thought that a Teacher must be right in all things. Then I imagined that my teacher was wrong in… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Unified Planetary Heartbeat (Sonnet 2964) You must not renounce your religion, your culture, your country, if you don't need to - be… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The Revelation has vindicated the existence of God; and the light of the of the Luminous Form of Muhammad is enough and… — Gilani Kamran Copy Share Image
“In the year of the sun was sun eclipse, the sun of piety, knowledge and divinity. The establisher of the path of… — Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse ra Copy Share Image
“The idea of Sufism as a vaguely deist, New-Age-style philosophy with lots of poetry, alcohol and soft drugs is also immensely appealing… — Anatol Lieven Copy Share Image
“He says, "There’s nothing left of me. I’m like a ruby held up to the sunrise. Is it still a stone, or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In the value-framework of his age the verbal expression of Hallaj 's ecstatic state existed as a totality, and the meaning of… — Gilani Kamran Copy Share Image
“O You ! Come under the roof of LOVE. this is the only place where PEACE exist.” — Ashiqhussain Copy Share Image
“Religions there are thousands, divinity there is but one - oneness.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“The door of illumination is open to those for whom other doors are closed.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
Tear down the mosque, the temple, everything in sight. But don't break a human heart. For that is where God resides. — Bulleh Shah Copy Share Image
“Careful preparation is necessary before people can perceive something which is there all the time.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Sufis are not here to satisfy a demand. They exist to share what they have got. These two things are not always… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Virtually all organisations known to you work largely by means of your greed. They attract you because... they appeal to your greed.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“It has truly been said that 'Humility is not so much a virtue as a necessity, in order to learn.” — 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
“All forms are limited. Some of the limitations are time, place, culture, language.” — Idries Shah 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
“Almost every day I am reminded of Saadi's reflection that there is no senseless tyranny like that of subordinates.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“I don’t even consider most of your tribal white giants as my equal, and you think I’ll be rattled by the temper… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Someone says that I haven’t taught him anything that he can remember. He can’t understand yet that that’s precisely what I am… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert.… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
Man (and woman) has an infinite capacity for self-development. Equally, he has an infinite capacity for self-destruction. A human being may be… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“Instant Reading. A certain famous Fakir was claiming in the village that he could teach an illiterate person to read by a… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“I have loved in life and I have been loved. I have drunk the bowl of poison from the hands of love… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
“Contrary to Expectation. A wise man, the wonder of his age, taught his disciples from a seemingly inexhaustible store of wisdom. He… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“A Drunkard accuses a Drunkard... A sot became extremely drunk - his legs And head sank listless, weighed by wine's thick dregs.… — Attar Copy Share Image
“Day and Night The night is long: do not shorten it by sleep. The day is fair: do not darken it with… — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“...most systems end up by making imagined humility into a form of vanity, so they end up with vanity just the same.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
“The question of divine knowledge is so deep that it is really known only to those who have it.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
What has he found who has lost God? And what has he lost who has found God? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“People who have fallacious objectives are like the barren soil. The flowers grow from soil which is composed of the right objectives.” — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
