I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.
KABIROne 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!
More Kabir Quotes
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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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What is a holy person? The one who is aware of others’ suffering.
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Seeking Why run around sprinkling holy water? There’s an ocean inside you, and when you’re ready you’ll drink.
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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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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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Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.
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Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.
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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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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 Lord is in me, the Lord is in you,as life is in every seed, put false pride away and seek the Lord within.
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Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation. Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound.
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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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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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The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling.
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The sun is within me and so is the moon.
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