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I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.

Kabir

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
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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Body Finding Illusion Music Play
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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Admire Criticism Fake
The truth of love is the truth of the universe: it is the lamp of the soul that reveals the secrets of darkness.
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Darkness Lamp Love Secret Soul Truth Universe
Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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Friendship God Listening Myself
When the flower opens, the bees will come.
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Flower Open Willing
Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.
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Holy Shoulder Yourself
The purpose of labor is to learn; when you know it, the labor is over.
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Labor Learning Over Purpose
The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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Fools Instruction Waste White
Do you believe there is some place that will make thesoul less thirsty? In that great absence you will find nothing.
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Absence Believe Finding Greatness Place Soul Willing Yourself
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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Body Name People Soul Start Water
As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.
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Move River Surrender Yourself
Stand firm in that which you are.
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Firm Stand Yourself
The sun is within me and so is the moon.
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Moon Myself Sun
My Beloved One gleams like the lightning flash in the sky.
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Flash Lightening Myself Oneself Sky
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

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