When the flower opens, the bees will come.
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More from Kabir
Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!
KabirKabir Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet.
KabirKabir The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.
KabirKabir Why are we here? To become ourselves in you.
KabirKabir Reading books everyone died, none became any wise. One who reads the word of Love, only becomes wise.
KabirKabir 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.
KabirKabir Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.
KabirKabir Love does not grow on trees or brought in the market, but if one wants to be “LOVED” one must first know how to give (unconditional) LOVE.
KabirKabir The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
KabirKabir 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.
KabirKabir 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.
KabirKabir If it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation?
KabirKabir Wherever you are, that’s the entry point.
KabirKabir As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.
KabirKabir Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you. The one no one talks of speaks the secret sound to himself, and he is the one who has made it all.
KabirKabir 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!
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My heart keeps room for you always even when you can’t be here.
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Jenny AJenny A I care but I’m done trying. I love but I’m done showing.
Divya khandalDivya khandal Never feel defined by your size, measures, and beauty standards.
Jacklyn TysonJacklyn Tyson The wild is always changing like a reminder. You do not have to be the same to be beautiful.
Sabina LauraSabina Laura Bees and butterflies in my belly with you on my mind they chase each other around.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh I long for you but you long for someone else, I deny the one who wants me cause I want someone else.
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More on willing
The things that mattered were honesty, independence, willingness to admit ignorance.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman I am willing to serve my country, but my worship I reserve for Right which is far greater than my country. To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it.
Rabindranath TagoreRabindranath Tagore The Fascist game plan: a single party, speaking with one voice, controlling every state institution, claiming to represent all people, and labeling the entire sham a triumph of the popular will.
Madeleine AlbrightMadeleine Albright I don’t have any control over what actually happens except that I have full control over my will for myself, my intention, and why I’m there. That’s all that matters.
SZASZA Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon Bonaparte And the more you build your will by doing hard things, the stronger your will becomes.
Jocko WillinkJocko Willink And there’s grace in being willing to know and hear others. This, for me, is how we become.
Michelle ObamaMichelle Obama Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.
Frank Lloyd WrightFrank Lloyd Wright