Psychology Quote by Idries Shah

“Sufism is known by means of itself.”

— Idries Shah

“Sufis are not here to satisfy a demand. They exist to share what they have got. These two things are not always the same.”

— Idries Shah

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

— Idries Shah

“Sufism is the essence of all religions.”

— Idries Shah

“People talk of the Sufi way. Wrong. If there is a way, it’s not Sufism.”

— Art Hochberg

“The selection and following of a spiritual guide is the most important duty of a Sufi.”

— Idries Shah

“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, in operation, pragmatic.”

— Idries Shah

“Sufism is experiential”

— Idries Shah

“To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions; and not to try to avoid what is your lot.”

— Idries Shah

“It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed.”

— Idries Shah

“The Sufis,' runs the saying, 'understand with their hearts what the most learned scholars cannot understand with their minds”

— Idries Shah