Evolution Quote by Idries Shah

“One of the basic Sufi needs is to enable people to see themselves as they really are.”

— Idries Shah

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

— Idries Shah

“There can be no spirituality, according to the Sufi masters, without psychology, psychological insight and sociological balance.”

— Idries Shah

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

— Art Hochberg

The Sufi is One who does not care when something is taken from him, but who does not cease to seek for what he…

— Idries Shah

“Knowledge of yourself may involve, if we are learning at the present time, a knowledge of the way of thinking of your society and…

— 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

“Sufism is the essence of all religions.”

— Idries Shah

“My interest in Sufism began when I was a college student. At the time, I was a rebellious young woman who liked to wrap…

— Elif Shafak

“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

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

— Anonymous

“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