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Ibn Arabi has 17 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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My heart has become capable of every form: It is a pasture for gazelles And a monastery for Christian monks, And the…
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While you are alive, your worldly self is like a collector of benefits from Allah's bounties, which come to you from myriads…
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Whoever builds his faith exclusively on demonstrative proofs and deductive arguments, builds a faith on which it is impossible to rely. For…
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None but God is loved in the exist- ent things. It is He who is manifest within every beloved to the eye…
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Each person is oriented toward a quest for his personal invisible guide, or . . . he entrusts himself to the collective,…
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You are My sight, so have faith. You are My Face, so veil yourself
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If you find it complicated to answer someone’s question, do not answer it, for his container is already full and does not…
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The ignorant one does not see his ignorance as he basks in its darkness; nor does the knowledgeable one see his own…
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My heart can be pasture for deer and a convent for monks, a temple for idols and a Kaaba for the pilgrims.…
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I believe in the religion of Love, whatever direction its caravans may take, for Love is my religion and my faith.
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Beware of confining yourself to a particular belief and denying all else, for much good would elude you - indeed, the knowledge…
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There was a time, when I blamed my companion if his religion did not resemble mine. Now, however, my heart accepts every…
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Let love lead your soul. Make it a place to retire to, a kind of monastery cave, a retreat for the deepest…
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I don't think there's any great mystery to writing female characters, so long as you talk to them. If you lived in…
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There were rules in the monastery, but the Master always warned against the tyranny of the law. 'Obedience keeps the rules,' he…
— Anthony de Mello
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We took a bus to the nearby monastery of one of the last great Tang dynasty Chan masters, Yun-men. Yun-men was known…
— Stephen Batchelor
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I do not wonder that, where the monastick life is permitted, every order finds votaries, and every monastery inhabitants. Men will submit…
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When we take the one seat on our meditation cushion we become our own monastery. We create the compassionate space that allows…
— Jack Kornfield
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In the monastery of your heart, you have a temple where all Buddhas unite.
— Milarepa
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— Tim Roth
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The Church is not a monastery for the isolation of perfect people. It is more like a hospital provided for those who…
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