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
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Bayazid Bastami8 quotes“For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought.”
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