1,132 Quotes About Sufis

Day and NightThe night is long: do not shorten it by sleep. The day is fair: do not darken it with wrongdoing.

Give and TakeThe Chief takes less than he is givenAnd gives more than he has taken.

From the beginning, from the age of Adam to the time of kingship: from the powerful, pardon: from the poor, sins.

Better to quarrel with a friend than to support enemies.

The significance of the dwelling is in the dweller.

The barren branches may appear inelegant: They are, to the cook, the means to make his fire.

What you have to learn is how to find the unworldly in everything.

Form is useful, but it is secondary.

That which is capable of perceiving objective reality is, in Sufism, the human soul (ruh).