927 Quotes About Sufism

الداء الحقيقي هو الخوف من الحياة لا الموت.

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

Love is the essence of this religion. I pray that we will approach all of our questions and concerns, especially the most difficult and intimate questions, with love, in order to be able more and more to solve our problems with love. The Sufi lives in a compassionate and passionate universe, a universe born from a spark of love. (p. 108)

The feeling cannot be described in words, it's mystical; I am changing. Perhaps the soul needed silence so that it can shout to hear the echo from the walls of my heart. It did heard something, Sufism!

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

Well, first off. The Divine is obvious. One of the Ninety-Nine Names of Allah is Az-Zhahir, The Obvious, the Conspicuous and the Clear. It's not as if you have to go anywhere or do anything to find the Divine. Do you think the Divine would play hide-and-go-seek with you?

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

If you seek a teacher, try to become a real student. If you want to be a student, try to find a real teacher.

...action is in fact knowledge in operation. Right action stems from right knowledge. Right knowledge is acquired through the teacher.