Hindu Quote by Anatol Lieven

There are millions and millions of Sufis who have existed in Islamic history and have the deepest impact on every aspect of Islamic culture…

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says…

— Naguib Mahfouz

“It is no accident that Sufis find that they can connect most constructively with people who are well integrated into the world, as well…

— Idries Shah

“Sufism is experiential”

— Idries Shah

I am not a Sufi, but I follow the Sufi.

— Anonymous

The very essence of the Sufi spiritual tradition requires you to purify your heart, to liberate yourself from your ego and to be courageous…

— Tariq Ramadan

Sufis have always been those that have tried to purify the ethics of Islam and society. And they don't have their hands cut off…

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

“Sufism," according to the Sufi, "is an adventure in living, necessary adventure.”

— Idries Shah

“I remembered the malangs of Shah Jamal, the dirty, shirtless renouncers with ratty beards and dreads and bare chests covered in necklaces of prayer…

— Michael Muhammad Knight

“Sufism, the "secret tradition," is not available on the basis of assumptions which belong to another world, the world of intellect.”

— Idries Shah

“Sufism is known by means of itself.”

— Idries Shah

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

— Idries Shah