Bayazid Bastami Quotes & Sayings

Forgetfulness of self is remembrance of God. — Bayazid Bastami

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

Moses desired to see God; I do not desire to see God;He desires to see me — Bayazid Bastami

I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence. — 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. — Bayazid Bastami

All Religions are vehicles and a path to God's
Divine Presence. — Bayazid Bastami

The thing we tell of can never be found be seeking, yet only seekers find it. — Bayazid Bastami

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