The World Of The Sufi Quotes

“What is humanity? To feel pain at the sorrows of our neighbours, to feel humiliated at the humiliation of fellow-beings.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“At His door, what is the difference between Moslem and Christian, virtuous and guilty? At his door all are seekers and He the sought.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“Most of the supposedly Sufi organizations, exercises and “orders” are in fact only of archaeological interest.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“And Rumi tells us, ‘Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue’.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“Nosotros y todas nuestras existencias son no-entidades. Tú eres el ser absoluto cuya apariencia es transitoria.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“Certain levels of human understanding cannot be attained, it is claimed, until the brain can work in more than one way.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“The process of learning is the process of discovering what really exists.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“If you cannot sit on a throne like a king, seize, like a tent-pitcher, the rope of the Royal tent.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“El Sufismo es, en funcionamiento, pragmático.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“Sufism is, in operation, pragmatic.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“The colour of the water seems to be the colour of the glass into which it has been poured”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“La elección y seguimiento de un guía espiritual es el deber más importante de un Sufi.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“The selection and following of a spiritual guide is the most important duty of a Sufi.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“Our heads are filled with ‘knowledge’, a knowledge that in some areas pre-empts our seeing anything at all.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“Y Rumi nos dice: “El alma recibe a ese conocimiento desde el alma: por lo tanto, no a través de libros o de la lengua”.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“Ibn El-Arabi escribió: “El Maestro es quien te escucha, luego te desvela frente a ti mismo”.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“Ibn El-Arabi wrote, ‘The Teacher is he who hears you, then unveils you to yourself”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“Ante Su puerta, ¿cuál es la diferencia entre musulmán y cristiano, virtuoso y culpable?Ante su puerta todos son buscadores, y Él es el buscado.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“Ante Su puerta,¿cuál es la diferencia entre musulmán y cristiano, virtuoso y culpable?Ante su puerta todos son buscadores,y Él es el buscado”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“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, The World Of The Sufi

“La incredulidad y la creencia están ambas marchando sobre SU camino, mientras ambas dicen: ‘Él es uno y Él no tiene socios’.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“Unbelief and belief are both marching on His road, while both are saying, ‘He is one and He has no associates’.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“¿Qué es la humanidad? Sentir dolor ante las penas de tus vecinos, sentirse humillado ante la humillación de tus semejantes.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“We and all our existences are non-entities. Thou art the absolute being whose appearance is transitory.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“Ciertos niveles de comprensión humana no pueden ser logrados, se afirma, hasta que el cerebro pueda trabajar en más de una forma.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“El proceso de aprender es el proceso de descubrir lo que realmente existe.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“Si no puedes sentarte en un trono como un rey, sujeta, como un tendero, la cuerda de la tienda Real.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“La mayoría de las supuestas organizaciones Sufis, ejercicios y “órdenes” sólo son de interés arqueológico.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“El color del agua parece ser del color del vaso dentro del cual ha sido vertida'.”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi

“El color del agua aparenta ser del color del vaso en el cual fue vertido”
― Idries Shah, The World Of The Sufi