Inspirational Quotes and Sayings About Sufism

Sufism is, in fact, not a mystical system, not a religion, but a body of knowledge.

Idries Shah

#Knowledge #Mysticism #Religion #Sufis

You fear tomorrow: yet yesterday is just as dangerous.

Idries Shah

#Fear #Mind #Psychology #Sufis

Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do.

Idries Shah

#Generosity #Sufis #Sufism #Tradition

Better to quarrel with a friend than to support enemies.

Idries Shah

#Ethics #Proverb #Sufis #Sufism

Proverbs and truisms are for this reason dangerous, because they produce blindness or non-thought.

Idries Shah

#Proverbs #Psychology #Sufis #Sufism

Careful preparation is necessary before people can perceive something which is there all the time.

Idries Shah

#Cleansing #Knowledge #Perception #Sufi

The more wakeful a man is to the things which surround him, the more asleep is he, and his waking is worse than his sleep.

Idries Shah

#Asleep #Awareness #Knowledge #Sufis

When prayer, rituals and ascetic life are just a means of self-indulgence, they are harmful rather than beneficial.

Idries Shah

#God #Greed #Religion #Sufis

We seek the fire of the spark that is already within us.

Kamand Kojouri

#Beloved #Enlightenment #Fire #Fire quotes

Learning how to learn involves examining assumptions. Mulla Nasrudin tales very often fulfil this funcition.

Idries Shah

#Learning #Mind #Nasrudin #Sufi

Only the search for truth is valid, the desire for wisdom the motive. The method is assimilation, not study.

Idries Shah

#Discipleship #Evolution #Study #Sufi

Saying of the Prophet.Lies, promises, trustHe is not of mine who lies, breaks a promise or fails in his trust.

Idries Shah

#Hadith #Islam #Muhammad #Religion