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I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.

Kabir

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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Enough Family God Guest Hungry Myself Provide
The world will die, but I shall not die.If God dies, then I will die;If he does not die, then why should I die?
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Death God Himself Myself World
Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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Friendship God Listening Myself
But if a mirror ever makes you sad you should know that it does not know you.
KABIR

Mirror Sadness Yourself
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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Listening Reality Secret Truth Yourself
I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. I laugh when I hear that people go on pilgrimage to find God.
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Finding God Laughter People Pilgrimage Water
Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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Heart Human Yourself
A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.
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Cover Diamond Fools Known
Stand firm in that which you are.
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Firm Stand Yourself
The stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail.
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Service Stone Worship
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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Distance Myself Smile Water
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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Arrogant Beloved Hide Love Power Realize Tree Yourself
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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Control Himself Knowledge Learning Man
Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.
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Forgiveness Game Play Saint
The sun is within me and so is the moon.
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Moon Myself Sun
As long as a human being worries about when he will die, and what he has that is his, all of his works are zero. When affection for the I-creature and what it owns is dead, then the work of the Teacher is over.
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Affection Creature Death Human Myself Teacher Worry

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