Quotes about Sufi wisdom

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There is within the human heart a quality of intelligence which has been known to surpass that attributed to the human m — Aberjhani, Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays
Spiritual growth is the gradual, I would say, transition from a God of tradition to a God of experience. — Neville Goddard
Farsi Couplet:Mun tu shudam tu mun shudi,mun tun shudam tu jaan shudiTaakas na guyad baad azeen, mun deegaram tu deegari — Amir Khusrau, The Writings Of Amir Khusrau :700 years after the prophet : a 13th-14th century legend of Indian-sub-continent
Disappointment cannot exist without expectation. “The expected apricot is never as sweet when it reaches the mouth. — Idries Shah, The Magic Monastery: Analogical and Action Philosophy of the Middle East and Central Asia
Do not think that your magic ring will work if you are not yourself Solomon. — Idries Shah, Knowing How to Know: A Practical Philosophy in the Sufi Tradition
Sufism expresses what I have found to be Real. — Efrat Cybulkiewicz
The mystic, identifying neither with his-her race-religion-gender nor with any mind-made blunder, lives and dies in One' — Fakeer Ishavardas
He had found riches beyond worldly imagination. He had found the never ending well of love. — Soroosh Shahrivar, The Rise of Shams
Much travel is needed before the raw man is ripened. — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Sufism is known by means of itself. — Idries Shah, The Sufis
Deteriorated science is a cult, so is imitative or deteriorated Sufism. — Idries Shah, Seeker After Truth
An old fool is worse than a young one: For the young may always grow wise. (Zohair) — Idries Shah, The Dermis Probe
The Sufis say, "This is not a religion; it is religion — Idries Shah, The Sufis
He who is fortunately enlightened [the Sufi]Knows that sophistry is from the devil and love from Adam. — Idries Shah, The Sufis
It is necessary to note," says Rumi, "that opposite things work together, even though nominally opposed" (Fihi Ma Fihi). — Idries Shah, The Sufis
At His door, what is the difference between Muslim and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and H — Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi: An Anthology of Writings about Sufis and Their Work
The totality of life cannot be understood, so runs Sufi teaching, if it is studied only through the methods which we use — Idries Shah, The Sufis
Practise your knowledge, for knowledge without practice is a body without life — Idries Shah, The Sufis
Those who say ‘I am ready to learn’, or ‘I am not ready to learn’ are as often mistaken as they are correct in their sur — Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action
Sufism is education, in that it has a body of knowledge which it transmits to those who have not got it. — Idries Shah, Seeker After Truth