Christian Quote by Tony Campolo

Christian scholars often say that Sufi theories are close to those of Christianity. Many Moslems maintain that they are essentially derived from Islam. The…

— Idries Shah

The sufis believe that they can experience something more complete.

— Idries Shah

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

— Anonymous

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

“Love is the divine Mother's arms; when those arms are spread, every soul falls into them. The Sufis of all ages have been known…

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

From the Muslims I learned from the extraordinary pluralism of the Koran, the fact that the Koran endorses every single one of the major…

— Karen Armstrong

In the mystic traditions of the different religions we have a remarkable unity of spirit. Whatever religion they may profess, they are spiritual kinsmen.…

— Haile Selassie

Most mystics do not want to read religious wisdom; they want to be it. A postcard of a beautiful lake is not a beautiful…

— Huston Smith

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

— Idries Shah

“Sufis like to say: “This is not a religion; it is religion,” or “Sufism is the essence of all religions,” which provides “a belief…

— Matthew Fox

“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

“But again we must be careful to bear in mind that for Ibn Arabi fana is never absolute annihilation ( the failure to do…

— Henry Corbin