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.
KABIRAdmire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.
More Kabir Quotes
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When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?
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The essence of life is in remembering God.
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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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If you don’t break your ropes while you’re alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?
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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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As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.
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The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.
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When you really look for me you will see me instantly.
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The sun is within me and so is the moon.
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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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The river that flows in you also flows in me.
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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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Do not keep the slanderer away, treat him with affection and honor: Body and soul, he scours all clean, babbling about this and that.
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Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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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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Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.
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All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.
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Don’t open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way.
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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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Within the body there is played Music unending, though without stringed instruments That music of the Word pervades the entire creation Who listens to it is freed from all illusion.
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Wherever you are, that’s the entry point.
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It is the spirit of the quest which helps.
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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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Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!
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The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
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The stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail.
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