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

- 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 …

- Bayazid Bastami

Forgetfulness of self is remembrance of God.

- 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

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

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

- 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