927 Quotes About Sufism

The more I gazeat Your face, the moremy eyes inclinetoward Your visionlike one who dies of thirstby the ocean shore,lips to the wave,thfrstier and thirstier.

When you speak, take care to speak only from your own experience and your own state. You should not talk about things you have not lived. (p. 56)

Receive the one who comes and do not run after the one who turns his back on you. (p. 60)

I f anybody asks what Sufism is, what kind of religion is it, the answer is that Sufism is the religion of the heart, the religion in which the thing of primary importance is to seek God in the heart of mankind.

If anybody asks what Sufism is, what kind of religion is it, the answer is that Sufism is the religion of the heart, the religion in which the thing of primary importance is to seek God in the heart of mankind.

The sun teaches to all things that grow their longing for the light. But it is night that raises them to the stars.

My Beloved, don‘t be heartless with me.Your Presence is my only cure.How can I be left with neither a heart,nor my Beloved?Either return my heart, or do not deny meYour Presence.

The Messenger said, "The human heart is the House of the All-Merciful." (p. 249)

In our tradition, God says, „The heavens and the earth cannot contain Me.“ We know there are billions of stars and galaxies. Yet the Divine is saying, „No, all of that cannot contain Me. Only the heart of my faithful servant, the knower, is expansive enough to contain Me.“ It‘s a very high truth. (p. 80)