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
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 Choices
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 Years
The thing we tell of can never be found be seeking, yet only seekers find it. BAYAZID BASTAMI FoundSufiSufism
