It is a Sufi contention that truth is not discovered or maintained by the mere repetition of teachings. It can only be kept understood by the perpetual experience of it. And it is in the experience of truth that the Sufis have always reposed their trust. Sufism is therefore not 'Do as I say and not as I do', or even 'Do as I do', but 'Experience it and you will know'. Idries Shah
I have loved in life and I have been loved. I have drunk the bowl of poison from the hands of love as nectar, and have been raised above life's joy and sorrow. My heart, aflame in love, set afire every heart that came in...
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Hazrat Inayat Khan
The happiness of the drop is to die in the river.
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Anonymous
In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him.
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Idries Shah
One day we will all wear a garment which has no pockets...
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Idries Shah
Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew.
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Idries Shah
More Quotes By Idries Shah
In a village where everyone has only one leg, the biped will hop about more lamely than anyone else, if he knows what is good for him.
One day we will all wear a garment which has no pockets...
Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew.
SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN:Self-justification is worse than the original offence.
It is not Sufism if it does not perform its function for you. A cloak is no longer a cloak if it does not keep a man warm.