1,132 Quotes About Sufis

Certain levels of human understanding cannot be attained, it is claimed, until the brain can work in more than one way.

Until you can understand illogicality, and the meaningfulness of it, shun the Sufis except for limited, precise, self-evident services.

Words, they say, are the food of minds. But, like other foods, they can do little by themselves.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaIntellectual: One who knows no craft.

The existence of relative truth does not prove the non-existence of universal truth.

Laziness - The laziness of adolescence is a rehearsal for the incapacity of old age.

Miracles, to the Sufi, are not evidential, they are instrumental.

The teacher is one who abandons ceremonial and religious display and social appearances, and concentrates on real development.

A short time in the presence of the Friends (the Sufis) is better than a hundred years’ sincere, obedient dedication.