1,132 Quotes About Sufis

At His door, what is the difference between Muslim and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and He the sought.

The pathways into Sufic thinking are, it is traditionally said, almost as varied as the number of Sufis in existence.

Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means.

Hariri says, in his Maqamat: ‘Safety is on the river’s BANK.

The great poet Hafiz says that you should dye your prayer-carpet with wine if your teacher tells you to do so.

What is humanity? To feel pain at the sorrows of our neighbours, to feel humiliated at the humiliation of fellow-beings.

The secret protects itself. It is found only in the spirit and practice of the Work.

It is experience which teaches, not controversy based on supposed logic and assumptions of what is likely to be true.

Sufism is education, in that it has a body of knowledge which it transmits to those who have not got it.