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.
KABIRReading books everyone died, none became any wise. One who reads the word of Love, only becomes wise.
More Kabir Quotes
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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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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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Sing such a song with all of your heart that you’ll never have to sing again.
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The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.
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Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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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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Reading books everyone died, none became any wise. One who reads the word of Love, only becomes wise.
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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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Look at you, you madman! Screaming you are thirsty and dying in a desert, when all around you there is nothing but water!
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The purpose of labor is to learn; when you know it, the labor is over.
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The sun is within me and so is the moon.
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Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.
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The stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail.
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When the flower opens, the bees will come.
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