I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.
KABIRIf it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation?
More Kabir Quotes
-
-
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.
KABIR -
I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.
KABIR -
As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.
KABIR -
Seeking Why run around sprinkling holy water? There’s an ocean inside you, and when you’re ready you’ll drink.
KABIR -
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.
KABIR -
The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.
KABIR -
The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
KABIR -
Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.
KABIR -
What is found now is found then. If you find nothing now, you will simply end up with an apartment in the City of Death.
KABIR -
Listen, my friend. He who loves understands.
KABIR -
Wherever you are, that’s the entry point.
KABIR -
All darkness vanished, when I saw the Lamp within my heart.
KABIR -
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.
KABIR -
A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.
KABIR -
Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.
KABIR