Death Quote by Idries Shah

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

— Art Hochberg

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

— Idries Shah

“Sufism is known by means of itself.”

— Idries Shah

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

— 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

“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, in operation, pragmatic.”

— Idries Shah

“Sufism is experiential”

— Idries Shah

“Sufism," according to the Sufi, "is an adventure in living, necessary adventure.”

— Idries Shah

“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

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

— 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