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!
KABIRFor millions of years you have slept. This morning, will you not wake?
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Do not praise yourself not slander others: There are still many days to go and any thing could happen.
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Wherever you are, that’s the entry point.
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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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As long as I talked unceasingly about the Lord,The Lord stayed away, kept at a distance.But when I silenced my mouth, sat very stillAnd fixed my mind at the doorway of the Lord,I was linked to the music of the Word,And all my talking came to an end.
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I went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst.
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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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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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When you feel most alive, find out why, This is one guest you won’t greet twice.
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I laugh when I hear the fish in the water is thirsty.
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The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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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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The river that flows in you also flows in me.
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Why are we here? To become ourselves in you.
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A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.
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