374 Quotes About Sufi

The major barrier to understanding is wishful thinking and following that which pleases one.

La mayor barrera para la comprensión es el pensamiento anhelante y seguir lo que a uno le gusta.

Please, not again what you studied, how long you spent at it, how many books you wrote, what people thought of you - but: what did you learn?

Finally I asked my friend Judy, who spent many years as a student of Sufism and who embodies fana—the self-annihilating love of God—as well as anyone I know. When I asked her to define spirituality for me, she thought for a moment and said, ‘Spirituality is the active pursuit of the God you didn’t make up.’ I loved that. I also did not know what it meant.

But what else are secrets for if not discovery? That is their nature. Only time stands between a mystery and its rightful master.

Every step we take in life, is one step closer to our death - Huja

The appearance of the mountain changes, according to when in the day you beheld it and which side you approached it from. Our intellect is thus limited, so it is best not to judge others, for they may also be gazing upon the same mountain but simply viewing it from a different angle - Huja

To live in love is my life’s purpose.

I will speak of love until you go mad and join me in my mad worship of love.