51 Quotes About Sufi Wisdom

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Disappointment cannot exist without expectation. “The expected apricot is never as sweet when it reaches the mouth. Idries Shah
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Do not think that your magic ring will work if you are not yourself Solomon. Idries Shah
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Sufism expresses what I have found to be Real. Efrat Cybulkiewicz
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He had found riches beyond worldly imagination. He had found the never ending well of love. Soroosh Shahrivar
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Much travel is needed before the raw man is ripened. Idries Shah
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Sufism is known by means of itself. Idries Shah
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Deteriorated science is a cult, so is imitative or deteriorated Sufism. Idries Shah
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An old fool is worse than a young one: For the young may always grow wise. (Zohair) Idries Shah
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The Sufis say, "This is not a religion; it is religion Idries Shah
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It is necessary to note, " says Rumi, "that opposite things work together, even though nominally opposed" (Fihi Ma Fihi). Idries Shah
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At His door, what is the difference between Muslim and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and He the sought. Idries Shah
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Practise your knowledge, for knowledge without practice is a body without life Idries Shah
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Those who say ‘I am ready to learn’, or ‘I am not ready to learn’ are as often mistaken as they are correct in their surmise. Idries Shah
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Sufism is education, in that it has a body of knowledge which it transmits to those who have not got it. Idries Shah
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I am the Real, for I have not ceased to be real — through the Real. Idries Shah
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Pick up a bee from kindness, and learn the limitations of kindness. Idries Shah
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Have the nature of a dervish: then wear a stylish cap. Idries Shah
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The sort of man who, throwing a stone upon the ground, would miss. Idries Shah
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Better the demon which makes you improve than the angel who threatens. Idries Shah
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One day the cub will become a wolf, even if it has been reared among the sons of man. Idries Shah
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Each flies with its own kind: pigeon with pigeon, hawk with hawk. Idries Shah
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Prescribing hard work for the soft, or easy work for the hardy, is generally nonsense. What is always needed in any aim is right effort, right time, right people, right materials. Idries Shah
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Love The Way Love, Loves You Syed Sharukh
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Love was supposed to be the easiest path to divinity Soroosh Shahrivar
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Stand bloody tall - you're the All. Fakeer Ishavardas
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The feet and their tapping Write many a lovely couplet The body dances to your rhythm O lord After all, you are the master and I a puppet Neelam Saxena Chandra
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Death is the protector of life and life is the process of death. Wasif Ali Wasif
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There can only be two contexts of your life. Either you are the author of your life, or He (the Creator) is the author of your life. People who feel that their creation is the responsibility of the Creator, find opportunities unexpectedly. Those who feel that their lives are their own, have to fashion their own means. Wasif Ali Wasif
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In the bosom of success lie not delights but deprivations Wasif Ali Wasif
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We wish to become one thing or another, rather we wish to become everything and in this pursuit of becoming everything we only end up becoming idiots. Wasif Ali Wasif
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This life is but a dream. A state of sleep but how unfortunate that man's eyes open only when they are about to be closed (forever). Wasif Ali Wasif
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It is not long before those who are obedient in service obtain command. Saadi
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In order to spend out our time (life) we sell some of this time. We work for someone, we labour. In freedom we do slavery. Wasif Ali Wasif
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He who has no light in his heart, what will he gain from the festival of lamps. Wasif Ali Wasif
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When the child is ill, the mother will know how to pray. Wasif Ali Wasif
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In reality, every reality is a veil over reality. Wasif Ali Wasif
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As long as man was in the moolight he desired to reach the moon…there was bliss in the moonlight but the moon itself was distant. Moonlight was near but man longed for the moon…man reached the moon but there he was without moonlight. If one reaches the moon one does not find moonlight any longer and if one is in moonlight one does not find the moon. It is a strange fact that one is only because of the other…one is a sign of the other yet both are forever separate. If the Beloved is the Moon, moonlight is His remembrance. When the Beloved is present His remembrance is not and when His remembrance is present the Beloved is not. Proximity to one is distance from the other, Union with one is separation from the other. Thus union is hidden in every separation and separation in every union. Wasif Ali Wasif
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The ocean sleeps. The ocean wakes. And the waking of the ocean is the waking of the soul. At midnight wakefulness springs from within the ocean. Wasif Ali Wasif
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Life is not only Newton, it is also Milton. Wasif Ali Wasif
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Do not destroy anybody’s peace. You will find peace. Wasif Ali Wasif
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In love, there is no distinction between success and failure. If love remains then even separation is union otherwise even union is separation. Wasif Ali Wasif
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The period before the dawn of knowledge is called the age of darkness. Wasif Ali Wasif
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One who has no beloved in the country can never love the country. Wasif Ali Wasif
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The world is ancient, but it has not lost its newness. Wasif Ali Wasif
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A man is happy who is happy with his Naseeb(allotted portion). Wasif Ali Wasif
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Sleep is the boundary between being/existence and not-being/non-existence. Wasif Ali Wasif
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Investigation after declaration of submission leads astray. Wasif Ali Wasif
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Sleep is a mirror of life in which can be seen the reflection of death. Wasif Ali Wasif
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If a society has no moral foundations then success is a threat. Every successful person thinks everyone else is a failure, and this is the proof of failure. Conquering the world and dying empty-handed on foreign shores is a paradox of such success. Wasif Ali Wasif
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When the eye becomes the heart, the heart becomes the eye. Wasif Ali Wasif