Teaching Sufism Quotes & Sayings

Teaching:
One hour's teaching is better than a whole night of prayer.
Saying of the Prophet — Idries Shah

Everything is out there waiting for you. All you have to do is walk up and declare yourself in. No need for permission. You just need courage to say, 'Include me'. Providing you have the energy to pull it off you can do what you like. — Stuart Wilde

Much religious teaching in the world is in reality a confused or deteriorated form, very different from its roots. — Idries Shah

A film seeking to create change on a difficult issue should not try to provide a definitive historical overview, nor present an op-ed style argument. — Julia Bacha

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

Never follow any impulse to teach, however strong it might be. The command to teach is not felt as an impulsion. — Idries Shah

Content zips around the Internet thanks to code - programming code. And code is subject to intellectual property laws. — Jonathan Zittrain

When I was six years old my friend was auditioning for 'Annie,' and I decided I wanted to audition with her. My mom was worried I would fall flat on my face because I'd never opened my mouth to sing, so she sent me to vocal lessons. I did the audition and fell in love with the entire process of a show. — Jacqueline Emerson

As with any other specialisation, teaching is a vocation, open only to those who are truly capable of discharging its functions. — Idries Shah

HE is a Master who may teach without it being totally labelled teaching; HE is a student who can learn without being obsessed by learning. — Idries Shah

The institution of teachership is there for this reason, that the learner must learn how to learn. — Idries Shah

Islam and Sufism are one. Teaching that to understand Islam one must be a lover, how can one understand Islam when the heart is empty of love. — Zarina Bibi

An example of a trend that I tried that didn't exactly work out would be high-waisted jeans. We see them everywhere, but what I realized is that they don't work for every body type. — Katherine Schwarzenegger

Correct teaching brings out human excellence. — Idries Shah

Sufism and yoga are one and the same thing. They are just words, in wisdom there is no difference. All the teachings are absolutely the same. They are only different paths to the One. — Irina Tweedie

SENTENCES OF THE KHAJAGAN
GURGANI:
The teacher and the taught together produce the teaching. — Idries Shah

Salute to the Thief. Junaid of Baghdad was passing the scene of a public hanging, where a thief was on the scaffold. Junaid bowed towards the criminal. Someone asked him: 'What did you do that?' Junaid said: 'I was bowing before his single-mindedness. For his aim, that man has given his life. — Idries Shah

It is no accident that Sufis find that they can connect most constructively with people who are well integrated into the world, as well as having higher aims, and that those who adopt a sensible attitude towards society and life as generally known can usually absorb Sufi teachings very well indeed — Idries Shah

The totality of life cannot be understood, so runs Sufi teaching, if it is studied only through the methods which we use in everyday living. — Idries Shah

The fruit of your own hard work is the sweetest. — Deepika Padukone