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> [I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what thou knowest to be best and do not put my perdition in what my autonomy and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayazid-bastami/i-desire-not-to-desire-for-my-will-is-without-value-since-i-am/)

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## More by Bayazid Bastami

> [For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayazid-bastami/for-thirty-years-i-sought-god-but-when-i-looked-carefully-i-found/)

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> [I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayazid-bastami/i-desire-not-to-desire-for-my-will-is-without-value-since-i-am/)

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> [Moses desired to see God; I do not desire to see God;He desires to see me](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayazid-bastami/moses-desired-to-see-god-i-do-not-desire-to-see-god-he-desires-to-see/)

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> [“I went to a wilderness, love had rained and had covered earth, as feet penetrate snow, I found my feet covered with love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayazid-bastami/i-went-to-a-wilderness-love-had-rained-and-had-covered-earth-as-feet/)

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> [I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayazid-bastami/i-never-saw-any-lamp-shining-more-brilliantly-than-the-lamp-of-silence/)

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> [“I stood with the pious and I didn’t find any progress with them. I stood with the warriors in the cause and I didn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayazid-bastami/i-stood-with-the-pious-and-i-didn-t-find-any-progress-with-them-i/)

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> [The thing we tell of can never be found be seeking, yet only seekers find it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayazid-bastami/the-thing-we-tell-of-can-never-be-found-be-seeking-yet-only-seekers/)

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> [All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside of the veil; within the veil is silence and calm and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayazid-bastami/all-this-talk-and-turmoil-and-noise-and-movement-and-desire-is/)

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> [All Religions are vehicles and a path to God's Divine Presence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayazid-bastami/all-religions-are-vehicles-and-a-path-to-god-s-divine-presence/)

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> [Forgetfulness of self is remembrance of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bayazid-bastami/forgetfulness-of-self-is-remembrance-of-god/)

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