Quotes by Sufis

Water shrinks wool, urgency shrinks time.Shrinkage may be an advantage or the reverse, according to expectation.

Idries Shah

You are still adrift while you still think that a means is an end.

Idries Shah

Saying of the Prophet.Ink and Blood:The ink of the learned is holier than the blood of the martyr.

Idries Shah

Day and NightThe night is long: do not shorten it by sleep. The day is fair: do not darken it with wrongdoing.

Idries Shah

Anyone can see that an ass laden with books remains a donkey. A human being laden with the undigested results of a tussle with thoughts and books, however, still passes for wise.

Idries Shah

A man must be a Solomon before his magical ring will work

Idries Shah