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!
KABIRI am not a Hindu, Nor a Muslim, I am this body, a play Of five elements a drama Of the spirit dancing With joy and sorrow.
More Kabir Quotes
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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 went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst.
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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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Wherever you are, that’s the entry point.
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Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.
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I am not a Hindu, Nor a Muslim, I am this body, a play Of five elements a drama Of the spirit dancing With joy and sorrow.
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The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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Reading books everyone died, none became any wise. One who reads the word of Love, only becomes wise.
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Go over and over your beads, paint weird designs on your forehead, wear your hear matted, long, and ostentatious, but when deep inside you there is a loaded gun, how can you have God?
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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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Do you believe there is some place that will make thesoul less thirsty? In that great absence you will find nothing.
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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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If you make love with the divine now, in the next life you will have the face of satisfied desire.
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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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What is a holy person? The one who is aware of others’ suffering.
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