Ibn Arabi Quotes

None but God is loved in the exist- ent things. It is He who is manifest within every beloved to the eye of every lover – and there is nothing in the existent realm that is not a lover

The ignorant one does not see his ignorance as he basks in its darkness; nor does the knowledgeable one see his own knowledge, for he basks in its light

I am in love with no other than myself, and my very separation is my union… I am my beloved and my lover; I am my knight and my maiden.

If you find it complicated to answer someone’s question, do not answer it, for his container is already full and does not have room for the answer

God sleeps in the rock, dreams in the plant, stirs in the animal, and awakens in man.

Oh, Lord, nourish me not with love, but with the desire for love.

My creed is LOVE; Wherever its caravan turns along the way, That is my belief, My faith.

Beware of confining yourself to a particular belief and denying all else, for much good would elude you – indeed, the knowledge of reality would elude you. Be in yourself a matter for all forms of belief, for God is too vast and tremendous to be restricted to one belief rather than another.

Your personal nature seeks its paradise.

How can the heart travel to God, when it is chained by its desires?

You are My sight, so have faith. You are My Face, so veil yourself

My heart can be pasture for deer and a convent for monks, a temple for idols and a Kaaba for the pilgrims. It is both the tables of the Torah and the Koran. It professes the religion of Love wherever its caravans are heading. Love is my law. Love is my faith.