Development Quote by Idries Shah

“Sufism made use of the material provided by religious scholars that described knowledge as light. Going far beyond it, Sufi thinking was pervaded by…

— Franz Rosenthal

“Love is described by the Sufis as the remedy of all ills and the alchemy of existence. Love transforms poverty to riches, pauper into…

— Hossein Elahi Ghomshei PhD

Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn…

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

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

— Idries Shah

The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete.

— Idries Shah

The practice of Sufism is the intention to move toward truth by means of love and devotion.

— Javad Nurbakhsh

“Sufism is experiential”

— Idries Shah

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

— Idries Shah

“A seeker went to ask a sage for guidance on the Sufi way. The sage counseled, "if you have never trodden the path of…

— Jami (Essential Sufism

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

— Idries Shah

Sufi music talks about connecting people. It talks about connecting hearts and connecting man with God. Everything that talks about connection is Sufi.

— Javed Ali

“Sufis hold that the superior experience and knowledge comes to a man or woman in exact accordance with his worth,capacity,and earning of it.”

— Idries Shah