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.
KABIRDo not go to the garden of flowers! O friend! go not there; In your body is the garden of flowers. Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the infinite beauty.
More Kabir Quotes
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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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Reading books everyone died, none became any wise. One who reads the word of Love, only becomes wise.
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Listen, my friend. He who loves understands.
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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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Do not praise yourself not slander others: There are still many days to go and any thing could happen.
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It is the spirit of the quest which helps.
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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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Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. Think about it carefully! Don’t go off somewhere else! just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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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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Look at you, you madman! Screaming you are thirsty and dying in a desert, when all around you there is nothing but water!
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If it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation?
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But if a mirror ever makes you sad you should know that it does not know you.
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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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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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As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.
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