I went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst.
KABIRPath presupposes distance; If He be near, no path needest thou at all. Verily it maketh me smile To hear of a fish in water athirst!
More Kabir Quotes
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As long as I talked unceasingly about the Lord,The Lord stayed away, kept at a distance.But when I silenced my mouth, sat very stillAnd fixed my mind at the doorway of the Lord,I was linked to the music of the Word,And all my talking came to an end.
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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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Wherever you are, that’s the entry point.
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If you don’t break your ropes while you’re alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?
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Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.
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I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.
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I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You wander restlessly from forest to forest while the Reality is within your own dwelling.
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All darkness vanished, when I saw the Lamp within my heart.
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The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you. The one no one talks of speaks the secret sound to himself, and he is the one who has made it all.
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It is the spirit of the quest which helps.
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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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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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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 laugh when I hear the fish in the water is thirsty.
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