Tasawwuf Quotes

Now that I have found thee, I know that in the first step I took, I moved away from thee.

A short time in the presence of the Friends (the Sufis) is better than a hundred years’ sincere, obedient dedication.

A book, for the Sufis, is an instrument as much as it is something to give information....The key is the teacher.

The aspirant has to be guided by a mentor. The stage at which this guidance can take effect is seldom, if ever, perceptible to the learner.

Do not dwell upon whether you will put yourself into the hands of a teacher. You are always in his hands.

Saying of the ProphetPracticeWho are the learned? Those who put into practice what they know.

The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service

The Prophet's character was termed tremendous because his concern was for God alone.

Imam Junayd al-Baghdadi

Sufism is known by means of itself.

None should say: ‘I can trust,’ or ‘I cannot trust’ until he is master of the option, of trusting or not trusting.

In the realm of Greater Understanding, the workshop is dismantled after the work is finished.

The would-be Sufi needs guidance precisely because books, texts, while telling you what is needed, do not tell you when.

The source of my suffering and loneliness is deep in my heart. This is a disease no doctor can cure. Only Union with the Friend can cure it.

The teaching must, of course, work with the best part of the individual, must be directed to his or her real capacity.