Do not go to the garden of flowers! O friend! go not there; In your body is the garden of flowers. Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the infinite beauty.
KABIRBe strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet.
More Kabir Quotes
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The purpose of labor is to learn; when you know it, the labor is over.
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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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Path 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!
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Wherever you are, that’s the entry point.
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The river that flows in you also flows in me.
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For millions of years you have slept. This morning, will you not wake?
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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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Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!
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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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The sun is within me and so is the moon.
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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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I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.
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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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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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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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