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.
KABIRBut if a mirror ever makes you sad you should know that it does not know you.
More Kabir Quotes
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The Lord is in me, the Lord is in you,as life is in every seed, put false pride away and seek the Lord within.
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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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I went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst.
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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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Are you looking for the Holy One? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.
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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 truth of love is the truth of the universe: it is the lamp of the soul that reveals the secrets of darkness.
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If it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation?
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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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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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The sun is within me and so is the moon.
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When you really look for me you will see me instantly.
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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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Do you believe there is some place that will make thesoul less thirsty? In that great absence you will find nothing.
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I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You wander restlessly from forest to forest while the Reality is within your own dwelling.
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