Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have been men, and there would have been no progress in human affairs.
KABIRSing such a song with all of your heart that you’ll never have to sing again.
More Kabir Quotes
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I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.
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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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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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Only in the heart can one experience the divine presence of truth.
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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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Nada is found within. It is a music without strings which plays in the body. It penetrates the inner and outer and leads you away from illusion.
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When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?
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Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don’t do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.
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As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.
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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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Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.
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All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.
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God, provide me with enough sustenance that my family is taken care of, that neither I remain hungry, nor does my guest go unfed.
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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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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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