Quotes about Sufis

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He had found riches beyond worldly imagination. He had found the never ending well of love. — Soroosh Shahrivar, The Rise of Shams
The important place held by Jesus among the world's six hundred million Moslems... and the agreement of both religions a — Idries Shah, The Elephant in the Dark
From imperial, economic and ideological causes, many cultures are the inheritors, and hence the prisoners, of attitudes — Idries Shah, The Elephant in the Dark
And there are many people, both Moslem and Christian, who have a good grasp of each others0 conceptions of surrender to — Idries Shah, The Elephant in the Dark
Christian scholars often say that Sufi theories are close to those of Christianity. Many Moslems maintain that they are — Idries Shah, The Elephant in the Dark
Inscribed on it was a verse from the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam, the eleventh-century Persian mystic. Reading the words a — Tahir Shah, Beyond The Devil's Teeth
Ultimately though, we are not responsible for another's happiness. The unhappy person almost always suffers from self-in — James Dillehay, Overcoming the 7 Devils That Ruin Success
The intelligence of the heart bypasses the intellect in the head which works on assumptions and requires a lot of thinki — James Dillehay, Overcoming the 7 Devils That Ruin Success
If you don't know how to take care of your own needs, when you try to give to others, you are giving from a bankrupt acc — James Dillehay, Overcoming the 7 Devils That Ruin Success
When you are still fragmentated, lacking certainty — what difference does it make what your decisions are? — Idries Shah, The Sufis
Neither imagine that you are false, nor lash yourself, for both may be forms of self-indulgence. — Idries Shah, Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way
To drown in treacle is just as unpleasant as to drown in mud.People today are in danger of drowning in information; but — Idries Shah, Reflections
I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages. Rabia — Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi
My life is on loan, like money borrowed from a bank. God is the lender, and He retains the right to call in the loan any — James Dillehay, Overcoming the 7 Devils That Ruin Success
The first lesson to learn is to resign oneself to the little difficulties in life, not to hit out at everything one come — Hazrat Inayat Khan
Similitude of the heart is like that of a telephone operator between man and God. — Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, The Religion of God
Sufism is known by means of itself. — Idries Shah, The Sufis
Sufism is therefore not 'Do as I say and not as I do', or even 'Do as I do', but 'Experience it and you will know'. — Idries Shah, A Perfumed Scorpion
There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the mean — Idries Shah, Caravan of Dreams
Sufism is experiential. Capacities, even those for learning beyond a certain point, are provoked by Sufis, by one's own — Idries Shah, Neglected Aspects of Sufi Study