Abū Ḥamīd bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm (c. 1145 – c. 1221), better known by his pen-names Farīd ud-Dīn and ʿAṭṭār of Nishapur, was a Persian poet, theoretician of Sufism, and hagiographer from Nishapur who had an immense and lasting influence on Persian poetry and Sufism. I hope this collection of attar of nishapur quotes will inspire you positively.
And as His Essence all the world pervades
Naught in Creation is, save this alone.
Upon the waters has He fixed His Throne,
This earth suspended in the starry space,
Yet what are seas and what is air? For all
Is God.
– Poem By Attar of NishapurAttar of Nishapur Quotes
1. “Had I known how listening is superior to speaking, I would not have wasted my life preaching.” – Attar of Nishapur
2. “To seek death is death’s only cure.” – Attar of Nishapur
3. “His part is mercy, ours is endless praise.” – Attar of Nishapur
4. “If the eye of the heart is open, in each atom there will be one hundred secrets.” – Attar of Nishapur
5. “When first you enter Wisdom’s sea, beware a wave of indecision floods you there.” – Attar of Nishapur
6. “The sea will be the sea, whatever the drop’s philosophy.” – Attar of Nishapur
7. “Let love lead your soul. Make it a place to retire to, a kind of monastery cave, a retreat for the deepest core of your being.” – Attar of Nishapur
8. “The fruit of love’s great tree is poverty; Whoever knows this knows humility.” – Attar of Nishapur
9. “Be kind to those who depend on you.” – Attar of Nishapur
10. “Let us drown ourselves in the ocean of nonexistence and come out cloaked with the garment of divine existence.” – Attar of Nishapur
11. “An individual drop can be merged with the ocean, and still remain meaningful.” – Attar of Nishapur
12. “Let love lead your soul.” – Attar of Nishapur
13. “From each, love demands a mystic silence.” – Attar of Nishapur
14. Your coat is beautiful, but where’s your brain? – Attar of Nishapur
15. “If you think you are behaving well then you are wrong, because seeing your own behavior as good is itself a form of pride.” – Attar of Nishapur
