Sufi Books Quotes & Sayings

Two of them drifted over to intercept me with the easy calm of big cats that have been fed recently. — Richard K. Morgan

Please, not again what you studied, how long you spent at it, how many books you wrote, what people thought of you - but: what did you learn? — Idries Shah

One never sleepwalks through grizzlyland, dreaming of other places to be. — William Stolzenburg

Take eloquence and wring its neck. — Paul Verlaine

In my worst moments, I try to think about loving instead of hating. Creation versus destruction, know what I'm sayin'? — Julia Stiles

Sometimes you stop seeing what the person is to the world. You only see what the person is to you. — Jennifer Gilmore

Mind your fingers though. She bites. — Ellen Potter

What if I hate it?" "As long as you've given it a fair shot, then we'll talk about it and figure it out." "If it really, really sucked, I could move back and live with Dad." "Yeah, you could. Though I'd like to think living with me wouldn't really, really, suck." "I've never moved out of Whitford, either. What if I hate Brookline?" "You sure as hell can't go live with Dean. — Shannon Stacey

It took me years to realize that I could do all kinds of drastic acts like quitting jobs, relationships, towns (or all of the above), but what showed up at the next job, relationship, & town was still ME. — Summer Pierre

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

Good dreams can be inspirations to bring in to make reality fantastic enough to share — Jay Woodman

My life is on loan, like money borrowed from a bank. God is the lender, and He retains the right to call in the loan any time. Though I am responsible for taking care of it, I do not own this life; it is borrowed. Why should I fear its loss or the loss of anything else in this world when I must surrender it all anyway? — James Dillehay

Rock 'n' roll and playing live is very addictive. But you have to really be careful, because you don't want to do it all the time. It's like when you are young and you think if you are not having sex you're wasting your time. But as you get older you realise everything has its place. It's the same thing with performing ... Performing is a great thing to do but you don't want to have to be doing it every night. — Mick Jagger

Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years, it is difficult for an actress. — Ingrid Bergman

We are highly susceptible to self destruction when we aren't doing what we really want with our lives. — James Dillehay