Logo
Quote by Bayazid Al-Bistami
I desire not to desire, for my will is without value, since I am i

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 Al-Bistami

Other quotes by Bayazid Al-Bistami

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 Al-Bistami

Category:
Sound, Noise
Author
Bayazid Al-Bistami
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Desires
category

To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve. – James Allen

Category:
Desires

He who desires but does not act, breeds pestilence. – William Blake

Category:
Desires

There are no better masters than poverty and wants. – Danish proverb

Category:
Desires

Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done. – P. T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum

Category:
Desires

Random Quotes

If the Starbucks secret is a smile when you get your latte… ours is that the Web site adapts to the individuals taste. – Reed Hastings

Category:
smile

I used to do skits for my mom… and I was always entertaining as a kid. – Leah Remini

Category:
mom

I realise that I do not change the course of history. I am an actor, I do a movie, thats the end of it. You have to realise we are just clowns for hire. After I had success it was great, at first, not to worry about money. It was on my mind when I was growing up. – Leonardo DiCaprio

Category:
History

I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory. – Julius Caesar

Category:
Nature