Sufis Quotes
14 quotes by 10 authors
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The Sufis advise us to speak only after our words have managed to pass through three gates. At the first gate, we ask ourselves, 'Are…
— Eknath Easwaran
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You must go to Mahometanism, to Buddhism, to the East, to the Sufis Fakirs, to Pantheism, for the right growth of mysticism.
— Florence Nightingale
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The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.
— Idries Shah
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There is a succession of experiences which together constitute the educational and developmental ripening of the learner, according to the Sufis. People who think that…
— Idries Shah
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Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn to…
— Feisal Abdul Rauf
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The Sufis have a saying: "Praise Allah, and tie your camel to a post." This brings together both parts of practice: pray, yes, but also…
— Jack Kornfield
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Dance with the sufis, celebrate your top ten in the charts of pain.
— Tori Amos
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It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.
— Idries Shah
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The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete.
— Idries Shah
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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
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Even the Quran, which Sufis respect as the direct speech of God, lacks the capacity to shed light upon God’s essence. As one Sufi master…
— Reza Aslan
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The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.
— Idries Shah
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The thing the Buddhists and the Sufis have in common is a belief that religious certainties are destructive.
— Luke Rhinehart
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Realized souls in the Hindu tradition are called rishis, but realized souls are not confined to the Hindu tradition. Seekers across geographical and religious boundaries…
— Ramesh Bijlani
Who Wrote These Sufis Quotes
10 authors contributed a total of 14 Sufis Quotes as follows: