I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You don’t grasp the fact that what is most alive of all is inside your own house; and so you walk from one holy city to the next with a confused look!
KABIRWhat is a holy person? The one who is aware of others’ suffering.
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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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If you want the truth, I’ll tell you the truth. Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you.
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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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Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.
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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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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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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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Listen to me brother! bring the vision of the Beloved in your heart.
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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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Listen to your own Self. If you listen to that Self within, then you find the Truth.
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The man who is kind and who practices righteousness, who remains passive against the affairs of the world, who considers all creatures on earth as his own self, he attains the Immortal Being; the true God is ever with him.
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Why are we here? To become ourselves in you.
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I laugh when I hear the fish in the water is thirsty.
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The essence of life is in remembering God.
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Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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