1.
I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence.
Bayazid Bastami
I never beheld a light more luminous than the radiance of stillness.
2.
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
'For three decades I sought the Divine. But when I looked closely, I realized that in truth it was God who was seeking me and not the other way round.'
3.
Forgetfulness of self is remembrance of God.
Bayazid Bastami
4.
All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside of the veil; within the veil is silence and calm and rest.
Bayazid Bastami
5.
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 free choice prefer.
Bayazid Bastami
6.
All Religions are vehicles and a path to God's
Divine Presence.
Bayazid Bastami
7.
Moses desired to see God; I do not desire to see God;He desires to see me
Bayazid Bastami
8.
The thing we tell of can never be found be seeking, yet only seekers find it.
Bayazid Bastami
