Bayazid Bastami

Forgetfulness of self is remembrance of God.

— Bayazid Bastami

The thing we tell of can never be found be seeking, yet only seekers find it.

— Bayazid Bastami

All Religions are vehicles and a path to God's Divine Presence.

— Bayazid Bastami

Moses desired to see God; I do not desire to see God;He desires to see me

— Bayazid Bastami

I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence.

— Bayazid Bastami

“I went to a wilderness, love had rained and had covered earth, as feet penetrate snow, I found my feet covered with…

— Bayazid Bastami

For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I…

— Bayazid Bastami

All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside of the veil; within the veil is silence and…

— Bayazid Bastami

I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for…

— Bayazid Bastami

“I stood with the pious and I didn’t find any progress with them. I stood with the warriors in the cause and…

— Bayazid Bastami