927 Quotes About Sufism

A drop that knows itself, knows the Ocean. (p. 80)

All life is one and everything that lives is holy. Holiness is Reality. (p. 80)

Sufism is something which happens to a person, not something which is given to him.

The sum total of our life is a breathspent in the company of the Beloved.

Allah says, "The broken ones are my beloved....

Knowledge of the Supreme brings immortality. "The wise one - He is not born, He does not die." For one who has died before death, the death of the body is merely a formality. To live in God is to live an endless Life. (p. 38)

For Sufis, the primary zikr, or practice of divine remembrance, is La ilaha illa'Llah, which means in Arabic, "no god but God." Azar Kayvan taught his disciples to recite Nist hasti magar Yazdan, which means in Persian "no existence but God." (p. 93)

The Messenger said, „Love is fire. When it befalls the heart it burns away all but the Beloved.“ (p. 117)

The flame of the mystic‘s heart is love of God and compassion for all of God‘s creatures […] the gnostic‘s love for humanity engulfs the entire world. Distinctions are of no account in this love. The gnostic invokes God‘s mercy equally on sinners and saints, men and women, and people of all races, nations and religions. (p. 199)