Do you believe there is some place that will make thesoul less thirsty? In that great absence you will find nothing.
KABIRBut if a mirror ever makes you sad you should know that it does not know you.
More Kabir Quotes
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There is no river at all, and no boat, and no boatman. There is not even a rope to tow the boat, and no one to pull it. There is no earth, no sky, no time, no thing, no shore, no ford!
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One love it is that pervades the whole world, few there are who know it fully: They are blind who hope to see it by the light of reason, that reason which is the cause of separation – The house of reason is very far away!
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Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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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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When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?
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Take a pitcher full of water and set it down in the water-now it has water inside and water outside. We mustn’t give it a name, lest silly people start talking again about the body and the soul.
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For millions of years you have slept. This morning, will you not wake?
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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God, provide me with enough sustenance that my family is taken care of, that neither I remain hungry, nor does my guest go unfed.
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Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.
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Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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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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The essence of life is in remembering God.
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The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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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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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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Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet.
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I laugh when I hear the fish in the water is thirsty.
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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.
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The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
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