The more detached and the purer the prayer, the more acceptable is it in the presence of God. Bab Siyyid `Ali Muhammad Shirazi (1819 – 1850)
Baha’u’llah Mirza Husayn Ali Nur Quote – “I created thee rich, why dost thou bring thyself down to poverty?…”
I created thee rich, why dost thou bring thyself down to poverty? Noble I made thee, wherewith dost thou abase thyself? Out of the essence of knowledge I gave thee being, why seekest thou enlightenment from anyone beside Me? Out of the clay of love I molded thee, how dost thou busy thyself, with another? Turn thy sight unto thyself, […]
Bahaullah Mírza Husayn Ali Nur Quote – “The whole duty of man in this Day…”
The whole duty of man in this Day is to attain that share of the flood of grace which God poureth forth for him. Let none, therefore, consider the largeness or smallness of the receptacle. Baha’u’llah Mirza Husayn Ali Nur (1817 – 1892)
Abu Yazid Al-Bistami Quote – “This thing we tell of can never be found by seeking…”
This thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it. Abu Yazid Al-Bistami (804 – 874)
Abu Yazid Al-Bistami Quote – “For thirty years I sought God…”
For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought. Abu Yazid Al-Bistami (804 – 874)
Abu Yazid Al-Bistami Quote – “All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside the veil…”
All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside the veil. Inside the veil is silence and calm and peace. Abu Yazid Al-Bistami (804 – 874)
Abu Yazid Al-Bistami Quote – “If I only knew that I had taken one single step in sincerity…”
If I only knew that I had taken one single step in sincerity, I would give no value to anything else. Abu Yazid Al-Bistami (804 – 874)
Abu Yazid Al-Bistami Quote – “I made four mistakes in my preliminary steps in this way…”
I made four mistakes in my preliminary steps in this way: I thought that I remember Him, that I know Him, that I love Him and that I seek Him. But when I reached Him, I saw that His remembering of me preceded my remembrance of Him, that His knowledge about me preceded my knowledge of Him, that His love […]
Alauddin Al-Attar Quote – If you think you are behaving well then you are wrong…
If you think you are behaving well then you are wrong, because seeing your own behavior as good is itself a form of pride. Alauddin Al-Attar (circa 1119 – 1185)
Aeschylus Quote – The force of necessity is irresistible
The force of necessity is irresistible. Aeschylus (circa 525 – 455 B.C.E)