Why are we here? To become ourselves in you.
KABIRTake 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.
More Kabir Quotes
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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.
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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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One love it is that pervades the whole world, few there are who know it fully: They are blind who hope to see it by the light of reason, that reason which is the cause of separation – The house of reason is very far away!
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It is the spirit of the quest which helps.
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I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.
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The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling.
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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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If you don’t break your ropes while you’re alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?
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As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.
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Within the body there is played Music unending, though without stringed instruments That music of the Word pervades the entire creation Who listens to it is freed from all illusion.
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If you make love with the divine now, in the next life you will have the face of satisfied desire.
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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 went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst.
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Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
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