Quotes from Ibn Arabi

Your personal nature seeks its paradise.

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 believe in the religion of Love, whatever direction its caravans may take, for Love is my religion and my faith.

I follow the Way of Love, and where Love's caravan takes its path, there is my religion, my faith.

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.

There was a time, when I blamed my companion if his religion did not resemble mine. Now, however, my heart accepts every form....Love alone is my religion.

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.

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

While you are alive, your worldly self is like a collector of benefits from Allah's bounties, which come to you from myriads of hands.

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

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