The Way of the Sufi Quotes

“There came one and knocked at the door of the Beloved.
And a voice answered and said, 'Who is there?'
The lover replied, 'It is I.'
'Go hence,' returned the voice;
'there is no room within for thee and me.'
Then came the lover a second time and knocked and again the voice demanded,
'Who is there?'
He answered, 'It is thou.'
'Enter,' said the voice, 'for I am within.”
― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi, The Way of the Sufi

“You yourself are your own barrier – rise from within it.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“Remedy
Your medicine is in you, and you do not observe it. Your ailment is from yourself, and you do not register it.

Hazrat Ali”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“EPITAPH OF JALALUDIN RUMI
When we are dead, seek not our tomb in the earth, but find it in the hearts of men.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions; and not to try to avoid what is your lot.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“SAYING OF SHEIKH ZIAUDIN:
Self-justification is worse than the original offence.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages. Rabia”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“Man thinks many things. He thinks he is One. He is usually several. Until he becomes One, he cannot have a fair idea of what he is at all.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“Service
I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages.

Rabia el-Adawia.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“Question 3: Why should a person study Sufism?
Answer: Because he was created to study it; it is his next step.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“The question of divine knowledge is so deep that it is really known only to those who have it.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“Your medicine is in you, and you do not observe it. Your ailment is from yourself, and you do not register it.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“The degree of necessity determines the development of organs in man… therefore increase your necessity.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“I will not serve God like a labourer, in expectation of my wages.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“ANDAKI: EFFORT IS NOT EFFORT WITHOUT ZAMAN, MAKAN, IKHWAN (RIGHT TIME, RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT PEOPLE).”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“BARQI: AESTHETICS IS ONLY THE LOWEST FORM OF PERCEPTION OF THE REAL.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“SENTENCES OF THE KHAJAGAN
GURGANI:
The teacher and the taught together produce the teaching.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“MAGHRIBI: Learning is in activity. Learning through words alone is minor activity.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“SENTENCES OF THE KHAJAGAN
RUDBARI : Heart to heart is an essential means of passing on the secrets of the Path.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“A man must be a Salomon before his magical ring will work”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“Epitafio de Jalaludin Rumi
Cuando estemos muertos, no busques nuestra tumba en la tierra, mas encuéntrala en el corazón de los hombres.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“In the realm of Greater Understanding, the workshop is dismantled after the work is finished.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“The Sufi is one who does what others do – when it is necessary. He is also one who does what others cannot do – when it is indicated.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“JAN-FISHAN: YOU MAY FOLLOW ONE STREAM. REALIZE THAT IT LEADS TO THE OCEAN. DO NOT MISTAKE THE STREAM FOR THE OCEAN.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“Dicho del Sheikh Ziaudin:
La autojustificación es peor que la ofensa original.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“La cuestión del conocimiento divino es tan profunda que realmente la conocen solamente aquellos que lo poseen.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“El grado de necesidad determina el desarrollo de órganos en el hombre… por lo tanto incrementa tu necesidad.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“Information about the activities of one body of Sufis may be harmful to the potential of another.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“La información sobre las actividades de un organismo Sufi puede ser dañino para el potencial de otro.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi

“Tu medicina está dentro de ti, y tú no la ves. Tu enfermedad viene de ti mismo, y tú no te das cuenta.”
― Idries Shah, The Way of the Sufi