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!
KABIRBe quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don’t do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.
More Kabir Quotes
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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 instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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When you really look for me you will see me instantly.
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Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!
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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 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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Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.
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God, provide me with enough sustenance that my family is taken care of, that neither I remain hungry, nor does my guest go unfed.
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If you don’t break your ropes while you’re alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?
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If you make love with the divine now, in the next life you will have the face of satisfied desire.
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Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don’t do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.
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The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
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The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling.
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Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.
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If you haven’t experienced it, it’s not true.
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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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Do not keep the slanderer away, treat him with affection and honor: Body and soul, he scours all clean, babbling about this and that.
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Listen, my friend. He who loves understands.
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Seeking Why run around sprinkling holy water? There’s an ocean inside you, and when you’re ready you’ll drink.
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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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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.
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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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I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.
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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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Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart.
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