The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
KABIRPath 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!
More Kabir Quotes
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The man who is kind and who practices righteousness, who remains passive against the affairs of the world, who considers all creatures on earth as his own self, he attains the Immortal Being; the true God is ever with him.
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I am not a Hindu, Nor a Muslim, I am this body, a play Of five elements a drama Of the spirit dancing With joy and sorrow.
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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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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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Reading books everyone died, none became any wise. One who reads the word of Love, only becomes wise.
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When you feel most alive, find out why, This is one guest you won’t greet twice.
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Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you. The one no one talks of speaks the secret sound to himself, and he is the one who has made it all.
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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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Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!
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There is no river at all, and no boat, and no boatman. There is not even a rope to tow the boat, and no one to pull it. There is no earth, no sky, no time, no thing, no shore, no ford!
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My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?
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When the flower opens, the bees will come.
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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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Plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, Believe in the Great Sound!
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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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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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As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.
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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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When you really look for me you will see me instantly.
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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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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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Listen, my friend. He who loves understands.
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Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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Why are we here? To become ourselves in you.
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