For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought. — Bayazid Bastami Copy Share Image
The thing we tell of can never be found be seeking, yet only seekers find it. — Bayazid Bastami Copy Share Image
For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought. — Bayazid Bastami Copy Share Image
I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am ignorant in any case. Therefore choose Thou for me what… — Bayazid Bastami Copy Share Image
Moses desired to see God; I do not desire to see God;He desires to see me — Bayazid Bastami Copy Share Image
“I went to a wilderness, love had rained and had covered earth, as feet penetrate snow, I found my feet covered with love.” — Bayazid Bastami Copy Share Image
I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence. — Bayazid Bastami Copy Share Image
“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… — Bayazid Bastami Copy Share Image
The thing we tell of can never be found be seeking, yet only seekers find it. — Bayazid Bastami Copy Share Image
All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside of the veil; within the veil is silence and calm and… — Bayazid Bastami Copy Share Image
