Quotes About Identity

Hazrat Ali, in a saying attributed to him, says: 'Man is in disguise, covered by his tongue'.

it was being written in the East that 'Sufism was formerly a reality without a name: now it is a name without a reality'.

One of the basic Sufi needs is to enable people to see themselves as they really are.

Have the nature of a dervish: then wear a stylish cap.

Una barba mejor que la tuya. "Todos los verdaderos devotos llevan barba," dijo el Imán a su audiencia. "Muéstrenme una barba espesa y brillante, y yo les mostraré a un verdadero creyente!" "Mi cabra tiene una barba mucho más tupida y larga que la tuya," contestó Nasrudín. "¿Eso significa que es mejor musulmán que tú?".

Man (as he imagines himself to be), in general, is a possibility, not a fact.

One day the cub will become a wolf, even if it has been reared among the sons of man.

Un día, el lobezno se convertirá en lobo, aunque se haya criado entre los hijos del hombre.

The clothes may vary, but the person is the same.

Nosotros y todas nuestras existencias son no-entidades. Tú eres el ser absoluto cuya apariencia es transitoria.

Sufism was formerly a reality without a name: now it is a name without a reality.

The significance of the dwelling is in the dweller.

when you were alone, you became someone else, someone different. Someone you would rather be.

Brotherhood" to the more civilised is connected with training and identity of interest.' Man

Be a dog, but don't be a younger brother. Proverb.

Sé un perro, pero no seas un hermano menor.

Hazrat Ali, en un dicho que se le atribuye, dice: "El hombre está disfrazado, cubierto por su lengua

La persona que tú mismo sientes ser, de acuerdo con los Sufis, es una falsa persona que no tiene una realidad verdadera.

El hombre piensa muchas cosas. Piensa que es Uno. Generalmente es varios. Hasta que sea Uno, no podrá tener una idea clara de lo que él es.

Come lo que desees, pero vístete como el resto.

What do I sing, and what does my tambourine sing?

I am the Real, for I have not ceased to be real – through the Real.

Qué es lo que canto y qué es lo que mi tambor canta?

Yo soy lo real, pues no he cesado de ser real… a través de lo real.