Quotes on Sufi

The union of the mind and intuition which brings about illumination, and the development which the Sufis seek, is based upon love.

Reason is powerless in the expression of Love.

In Sufi terms, there are two very interesting notions of transcendence. One is to gaze out at the universe and to comprehend that what you see out there reflects what you are. The other one is to look inside yourself and recognise that the universe is present there.

A mountain keeps an echo deep inside itself. That's how I hold your voice.

Is it really so that the one I love is everywhere?

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

There is a wonderful ancient Sufi saying which I'm going to paraphrase slightly. It says, 'When the heart weeps for what it has lost,' in this case 'heart' means 'ego,' 'when the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit rejoices for what it has found.'

If words come out of the heart, they will enter the heart.

Light up the fire of love inside and blaze the thoughts away.

People of the world don't look at themselves, and so they blame one another.

Be suspicious of what you want.

Come out of the circle of time_x000D_ _x000D_ And into the circle of love.

Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation.

Without the frown of clouds and lightning, the vines would be burned by the smiling sun.

I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways.

Stop acting so small. You are the universe in ecstatic motion.

These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.

God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites so that you will have two wings to fly, not one.

Wherever you are, and whatever you do, be in love.

Gamble everything for love, if you're a true human being.

It is the message, not the man, which is important to the Sufis.