God, provide me with enough sustenance that my family is taken care of, that neither I remain hungry, nor does my guest go unfed.
KABIRAll know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.
More Kabir Quotes
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Plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, Believe in the Great Sound!
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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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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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Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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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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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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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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Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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It is the spirit of the quest which helps.
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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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Wherever you are, that’s the entry point.
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The purpose of labor is to learn; when you know it, the labor is over.
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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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Take a pitcher full of water and set it down in the water-now it has water inside and water outside. We mustn’t give it a name, lest silly people start talking again about the body and the soul.
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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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