30+ Ibn Arabi Quotes, Birthday Tributes & Inspiring Reflections (November 16)

“My heart has become capable of every form: it is a pasture for gazelles and a convent for Christian monks, and a temple for idols and the pilgrim's Kaaba, and the tables of the Torah and the book of the Quran. I follow the religion of Love: whatever way Love's camels take, that is my religion and my faith.”

“He who knows himself knows his Lord.”

“The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me.”

“If you hold that God is transcendent, you restrict Him; and if you hold that He is immanent, you limit Him. But if you hold both, you are on the right path.”

“Do not attach yourself to any particular creed exclusively, so that you disbelieve in all the rest; otherwise you will lose much good.”

“Knowledge is only of value when it transforms the knower into what is known.”

“The universe is imagination, but it is real in truth.”

“God does not look at your physical forms, but at your hearts and intentions.”

“Water takes on the color of its cup; so too does the heart reflect whatever it contemplates.”

“All that is in existence is driven by love, for through love existence was brought into being.”