Bayazid Bastami Born : 804 Died : 874 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by Bayazid Bastami I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence. Bayazid Bastami lamps silence shining 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 god reality years Forgetfulness of self is remembrance of God. Bayazid Bastami forgetfulness remembrance self 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 ignorant choices desire 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 veils silence desire All Religions are vehicles and a path to God's Bayazid Bastami vehicle divine path Moses desired to see God; I do not desire to see God;He desires to see me Bayazid Bastami moses desire The thing we tell of can never be found be seeking, yet only seekers find it. Bayazid Bastami sufi-love sufism found
