Fall in love Quote by Jami (Essential Sufism

“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

“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

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

— Idries Shah

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

He that is purified by love is pure; and he that is absorbed in the Beloved and hath abandoned all else is a Sufi.Sirdar…

— Idries Shah

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

— Idries Shah

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

— Javad Nurbakhsh

“Then Gai told me about the famous cup of the heart, which I should now begin to empty. The Sufis compare our spiritual heart,…

— Kristiane Backer

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

— Idries Shah

The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.

— Idries Shah

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

— Art Hochberg

I reject any path which rejects life, but I can't help loving Sufism because it sounds so beautiful. It gives relief in the midst…

— Naguib Mahfouz