All darkness vanished, when I saw the Lamp within my heart.
KABIRA learned man’s knowledge will be of no avail to him if he doesn’t have control over his tongue.
More Kabir Quotes
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My Beloved One gleams like the lightning flash in the sky.
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When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?
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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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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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Listen to me brother! bring the vision of the Beloved in your heart.
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Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet.
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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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Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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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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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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I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.
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I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.
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Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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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 is no river at all, and no boat, and no boatman. There is not even a rope to tow the boat, and no one to pull it. There is no earth, no sky, no time, no thing, no shore, no ford!
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