I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.
KABIRWhy are we here? To become ourselves in you.
More Kabir Quotes
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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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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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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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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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What is a holy person? The one who is aware of others’ suffering.
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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.
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The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling.
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I don’t think there is such a thing as an intelligent mega-rich person. For who with a fine mind can look out upon this world and hoard what can nourish a thousand souls.
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Listen, my friend. He who loves understands.
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Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.
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Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!
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Stand firm in that which you are.
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When the Guest is being searched for, it is the intensity of the longing for the Guest that does all the work. Look at me, and you will see a slave of that intensity.
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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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I’ve burned my own house down, the torch is in my hand.Now I’ll burn down the house of anyone who wants to follow me.
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