Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old sufism quotes, sufism sayings, and sufism proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.
The soul has been given its own ears to hear things the mind does not understand.Rumi
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If you want something, release the wish, and let it light on its desire, completely free of the personal.Rumi
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Stop, open up, surrender the beloved blind silence. Stay there until you see you're looking at the light with infinite eyes.Rumi
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Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.KabirÂ
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There is a force within that gives you life. Seek that.Rumi
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When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.Jalal ad-Din Rumi
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By God, when you see your beauty you will be the idol of yourself.Rumi
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All loves are a bridge to divine love. Yet, those who have not had a taste of it do not know!Rumi
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Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.Rumi
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At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.Lao Tzu
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Be silent, only the hand of God can remove the burdens of your heart.Rumi
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When setting out on a journey, do not seek advice from those who have never left home.Rumi
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Let love lead your soul. Make it a place to retire to, a kind of monastery cave, a retreat for the deepest core of your being.Farid al-Din Attar
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If words come out of the heart, they will enter the heart, but if they come from the tongue, they will not pass beyond the ears.Al-Suhrawardi
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I have been a seeker and I still am, but I stopped asking the books and the stars. I started listening to the teaching of my Soul.Rumi
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God writes spiritual mysteries on our heart, where they wait silently for discovery.Rumi
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The only real rest comes when you're alone with God.Rumi
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Why are you knocking at every other door? Go, knock at the door of your own heart.Rumi
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Your heart is the size of an ocean. Go find yourself in its hidden depths.Rumi
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Come inside the heart's house. There is peace and solace there.Rumi
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The lover of God will cry and weep until he finds rest in the Beloved's embrace.Rabia al-Basri
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Whatever purifies you is the right path, I will not try to define it.Rumi
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For a day, just for one day, talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace into your beautiful eyes.Hafiz of Persia
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The universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you already are.Rumi
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Don't dismiss the heart, even if it's filled with sorrow. God's treasures are buried in broken hearts.Rumi
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If light is in your heart, you will find your way home.Rumi
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Your heart knows the way. Run in that direction.Rumi
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When your soul is looking for you, light a candle on its path.Rumi
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The way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning.Idries Shah
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Every soul has a definite task, and the fulfillment of each individual purpose can alone lead man aright; illumination comes to him through the medium of his own talent.Hazrat Inayat Khan