A learned man’s knowledge will be of no avail to him if he doesn’t have control over his tongue.
KABIRStand firm in that which you are.
More Kabir Quotes
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Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!
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One love it is that pervades the whole world, few there are who know it fully: They are blind who hope to see it by the light of reason, that reason which is the cause of separation – The house of reason is very far away!
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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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As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.
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Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.
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Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet.
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When the flower opens, the bees will come.
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Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.
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I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You wander restlessly from forest to forest while the Reality is within your own dwelling.
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The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
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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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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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The stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail.
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Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation. Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound.
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Nada is found within. It is a music without strings which plays in the body. It penetrates the inner and outer and leads you away from illusion.
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