As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.
KABIR
Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have been men, and there would have been no progress in human affairs.
More Kabir Quotes
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As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.
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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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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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But if a mirror ever makes you sad you should know that it does not know you.
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What is found now is found then. If you find nothing now, you will simply end up with an apartment in the City of Death.
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The essence of life is in remembering God.
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The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You don’t grasp the fact that what is most alive of all is inside your own house; and so you walk from one holy city to the next with a confused look!
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When the flower opens, the bees will come.
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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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If it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation?
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Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. Think about it carefully! Don’t go off somewhere else! just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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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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Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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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.
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There’s a moon in my body, but I can’t see it! A moon and a sun. A drum never touched by hands, beating, and I can’t hear it!
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