"God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the……" — Ibn Arabi

God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the… - Ibn Arabi

"God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man."

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17 Quotes by Ibn Arabi

Ibn Arabi has 17 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

My heart has become capable of every form: It is a pasture for gazelles And a monastery for Christian monks,…
While you are alive, your worldly self is like a collector of benefits from Allah's bounties, which come to you…
Whoever builds his faith exclusively on demonstrative proofs and deductive arguments, builds a faith on which it is impossible to…
None but God is loved in the exist- ent things. It is He who is manifest within every beloved to…
Each person is oriented toward a quest for his personal invisible guide, or . . . he entrusts himself to…
You are My sight, so have faith. You are My Face, so veil yourself
If you find it complicated to answer someone’s question, do not answer it, for his container is already full and…
The ignorant one does not see his ignorance as he basks in its darkness; nor does the knowledgeable one see…
My heart can be pasture for deer and a convent for monks, a temple for idols and a Kaaba for…
I believe in the religion of Love, whatever direction its caravans may take, for Love is my religion and my…
Beware of confining yourself to a particular belief and denying all else, for much good would elude you - indeed,…
There was a time, when I blamed my companion if his religion did not resemble mine. Now, however, my heart…

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More Animal Quotes

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At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. — Isaac Asimov
If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will… — Francis of Assisi
People are not going to care about animal conservation unless they think that animals are worthwhile. — David Attenborough
There are some four million different kinds of animals and plants in the world. Four million different solutions to the… — David Attenborough
Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know… — David Attenborough
The only way to save a rhinoceros is to save the environment in which it lives, because there's a mutual… — David Attenborough
I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how… — David Attenborough
I'm not an animal lover if that means you think things are nice if you can pat them, but I… — David Attenborough
If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in… — David Attenborough
Steve Irwin did wonderful conservation work but I was uncomfortable about some of his stunts. Even if animals aren't aware… — David Attenborough

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