36 quotes found
“Sufism is known by means of itself.”
“The Apparent is the Bridge to the Real”
“Sufism is the essence of all religions.”
“Sufism, in one definition, "is" human life.”
“among roses, be a rose, among thorns, be a thorn”
“The Sufis say, "This is not a religion; it is religion”
“The function of a nutrient is to become transmuted, not to leave unaltered traces.”
“Fettered feet in the presence of friends is better than living in a garden with strangers.”
“It is axiomatic that the attempt to become a Sufi through a desire for personal power as normally understood will not succeed.”
“The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.”
“Take the wheat, not the measure in which it is contained”
“I am an idol worshipper; for I understand what idol worship means, and the idolater does not.”
“The basic urge toward mysticism is never, in the unaltered man, clear enough to be recognized for what it is.”
“A Sufi school comes into being in order to flourish and disappear, not to leave traces in mechanical ritual, or anthropologically survivals.”
“Sufism," according to the Sufi, "is an adventure in living, necessary adventure.”
“Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means.”
“Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare. But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.”
“When you are still fragmentated, lacking certainty what difference does it make what your decisions are?”
“If you will not reprove yourself, Saadi says, you will not welcome reproof from another.”
“Like the bat, the Sufi is asleep to 'things of the day' - the familiar struggle for existence which the ordinary man finds all-important - and vigilant while others are asleep. In other words, he k...”
“The sight of God in woman is the most perfect of all." Ibn Arabi.”
“The practice of the Sufis is too sublime to have a formal beginning,”
“Sufism is transmitted by means of the human exemplar, the teacher.”
“He who sleeps on the Road will lose either his hat or his head.”
