"The thing we tell of can never be found by seeking, yet only seekers find it."
— Bayazid Bastami

January 1, 1970

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Religious leaders from IranMuslims from IranSufisPersian literatureSufis of Naqshbandi Order
Original Language: English

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Quoted earlier in "Translations of Eastern Poetry and Prose" by RA Nicholson (p.140) (Macmillan, 1922)