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.
KABIRAdmire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.
More Kabir Quotes
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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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Do not praise yourself not slander others: There are still many days to go and any thing could happen.
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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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Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.
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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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The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
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Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.
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The sun is within me and so is the moon.
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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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What is found now is found then. If you find nothing now, you will simply end up with an apartment in the City of Death.
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Listen to me brother! bring the vision of the Beloved in your heart.
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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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Plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, Believe in the Great Sound!
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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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The Beloved is inside you and also inside me. You know the tree is hidden inside the seed. Let your arrogance go. None of us has gone far. Inside love there is more power than we realize.
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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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The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling.
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Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.
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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!
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I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.
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There’s a moon in my body, but I can’t see it! A moon and a sun. A drum never touched by hands, beating, and I can’t hear it!
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As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.
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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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The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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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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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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