374 Quotes About Sufi

The illusion of ‘I’ is that you think you are ‘I’ while you are only ‘am’; and that ‘am’ is the first person singular of the verb ‘to be’. Since, for ‘to be’ you don’t need to say ‘I’, but for to say ‘I’ you need ‘to be’, thus you are prior to ‘I’ as ‘am’, and that ‘am’ is ‘to be’; therefore, to that note, on the ocean of ‘am’ alone, ‘I’ is only a wave.

What one once sought becomes one when sighted.

We seek the fire of the spark that is already within us.

Put down your glass, it is time to dance. If you want to get drunk all you need is to drink love. Put down your pipe and do away with these childish toys. If you want to get high all you need is to breathe love. Now, can I have this dance?

When I am gone, break the night. Set my remains on fire, so I can still be your light. For I am forever indebted to you. O people of the world, O love, I am eternally yours.

The world is also a tillage; sow and reap your crop, and preserve it. Throw away the chaff, and give it no importance

Superior experience and knowledge will be made available to a man or woman in exact accordance with his worth, capacity and earning of it.

Love that doesn't annihilate the self is no love.

Writing poems is simply an excuse to remember You.