God, provide me with enough sustenance that my family is taken care of, that neither I remain hungry, nor does my guest go unfed.
KABIRIf you want the truth, I’ll tell you the truth. Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you.
More Kabir Quotes
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The savor of wandering in the ocean of deathless life has rid me of all my asking: As the tree is in the seed, so all diseases are in this asking.
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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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My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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When the flower opens, the bees will come.
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The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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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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I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.
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Why are we here? To become ourselves in you.
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I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.
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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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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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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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Listen to your own Self. If you listen to that Self within, then you find the Truth.
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For millions of years you have slept. This morning, will you not wake?
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Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart.
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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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Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.
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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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Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.
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Stand firm in that which you are.
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The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.
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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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There’s a moon in my body, but I can’t see it! A moon and a sun. A drum never touched by hands, beating, and I can’t hear it!
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Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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