Sufi Quotes

35 quotes by 16 authors

What you seek is seeking you. — Rumi
A craftsman pulled a reed from the reedbed, cut holes in it, and called it a human being. Since then, it's been wailing a tender… — Rumi
It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis. — Idries Shah
The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete. — Idries Shah
The great Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi once advised his students to write down the three things they most wanted in life. If any item… — Elizabeth Gilbert
There came one and knocked at the door of the Beloved. And a voice answered and said, 'Who is there?' The lover replied, 'It is… — Rumi
Everyone is so afraid of death, but the real sufis just laugh: nothing tyrannizes their hearts. What strikes the oyster shell does not damage the… — Rumi
Even the Quran, which Sufis respect as the direct speech of God, lacks the capacity to shed light upon Godâ€™s essence. As one Sufi master… — Reza Aslan
The Sufi way is through knowledge and practice, not through intellect and talk. — Idries Shah
The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love. — Idries Shah
My house was a guest house of many Jaina saints, Hindu monks, Sufi mystics, because my grandfather was interested in all of these people. — Rajneesh
I am not a Sufi, but I follow the Sufi. — Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
In Sufi terms, there are two very interesting notions of transcendence. One is to gaze out at the universe and to comprehend that what you… — Mohsin Hamid
Sufi poetry is, in a sense, self-help poetry about how to live a decent life, how to deal with your mortality. — Mohsin Hamid
And so I pray like I'm a Pentecostal, Sufi, Buddhist, strict agnostic. Hoping one will hit it's target, take another sip of hypnotic. — Jean Grae

Who Wrote These Sufi Quotes

16 authors contributed a total of 35 Sufi Quotes as follows: