Path presupposes distance; If He be near, no path needest thou at all. Verily it maketh me smile To hear of a fish in water athirst!
KABIRDo not go to the garden of flowers! O friend! go not there; In your body is the garden of flowers. Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the infinite beauty.
More Kabir Quotes
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The stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail.
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The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling.
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If you want the truth, I’ll tell you the truth. Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you.
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All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.
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Within the body there is played Music unending, though without stringed instruments That music of the Word pervades the entire creation Who listens to it is freed from all illusion.
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I don’t think there is such a thing as an intelligent mega-rich person. For who with a fine mind can look out upon this world and hoard what can nourish a thousand souls.
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Plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, Believe in the Great Sound!
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Take a pitcher full of water and set it down in the water-now it has water inside and water outside. We mustn’t give it a name, lest silly people start talking again about the body and the soul.
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A learned man’s knowledge will be of no avail to him if he doesn’t have control over his tongue.
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I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.
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All darkness vanished, when I saw the Lamp within my heart.
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If you haven’t experienced it, it’s not true.
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As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.
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Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.
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The Lord is in me, the Lord is in you,as life is in every seed, put false pride away and seek the Lord within.
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I went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst.
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Don’t open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way.
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I’ve burned my own house down, the torch is in my hand.Now I’ll burn down the house of anyone who wants to follow me.
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What is a holy person? The one who is aware of others’ suffering.
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My Beloved One gleams like the lightning flash in the sky.
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Sing such a song with all of your heart that you’ll never have to sing again.
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Stand firm in that which you are.
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The Beloved is inside you and also inside me. You know the tree is hidden inside the seed. Let your arrogance go. None of us has gone far. Inside love there is more power than we realize.
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As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.
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Go over and over your beads, paint weird designs on your forehead, wear your hear matted, long, and ostentatious, but when deep inside you there is a loaded gun, how can you have God?
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The purpose of labor is to learn; when you know it, the labor is over.
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