Bayazid, a Sufi mystic, has written in his autobiography, “When I was young I thought and I said to God, and in all my prayers this was the base: ‘Give me energy so that I can change the whole world.’ Everybody looked wrong to me. I was a revolutionary and I wanted to change the face of the earth. “When I became a little more mature I started praying: ‘This seems to be too much. […]
Category: Sufi’s Quotes
Muslim Saints and Mystics Episodes from the Tadhkirat al-Auliya’ (Memorial of the Saints) by Farid al-Din Attar (Part Six)
Quotes Of Shams Tabrizi
1)It is never late to ask yourself “Am I ready to change my life, am I ready to change myself?”. However old we are, whatever we went through, it is always possible to reborn. If each day is a copy of the last one, what a pity! Every breath is a chance to reborn. But to reborn into a new life, you have to die before dying. 2)The chemistry of mind is different from the […]
Muslim Saints and Mystics Episodes from the Tadhkirat al-Auliya’ (Memorial of the Saints) by Farid al-Din Attar (part five)
Quotes of Farid Din Attar
The home we seek is in eternity; The Truth we seek is like a shoreless sea, Of which your paradise is but a drop. This ocean can be yours; why should you stop Beguiled by dreams of evanescent dew? The secrets of the sun are yours, but you Content yourself with motes trapped in its beams. Turn to what truly lives, reject what seems — Which matters more, the body or the soul? Be whole: […]
Quotes of bayazid bastami.
1)all Religions are vehicles and a path to God’s Divine Presence. 2)I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence. 3)For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought. 4)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 […]