Islam Quote by Seyyed Hossein Nasr

“Sufism, the "secret tradition," is not available on the basis of assumptions which belong to another world, the world of intellect.”

— Idries Shah

Sufis have always been those that have tried to purify the ethics of Islam and society. And they don't have their hands cut off…

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

There are millions and millions of Sufis who have existed in Islamic history and have the deepest impact on every aspect of Islamic culture…

— Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Sufism is not a religion or a philosophy, it is neither deism nor atheism, nor is it a moral, nor a special kind of…

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

“The Sufis say, "This is not a religion; it is religion”

— 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

We view Sufism not as an ideology that molds people to the right way of belief or action, but as an art or science…

— Idries Shah

I think that Sufism fits all over the world. The concept is not anything that fits standard Western ideas - it's always related to…

— Youssou N'Dour

“I remembered the malangs of Shah Jamal, the dirty, shirtless renouncers with ratty beards and dreads and bare chests covered in necklaces of prayer…

— Michael Muhammad Knight

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

— Idries Shah

“Sufism is the essence of all religions.”

— Idries Shah

True Sufism is resistance: spiritual, intellectual, social, cultural, political and economic resistance. It cannot be, for sure, supporting dictators.

— Tariq Ramadan