The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.
KABIRListen, my friend. He who loves understands.
More Kabir Quotes
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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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As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.
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As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.
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If you haven’t experienced it, it’s not true.
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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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Why are we here? To become ourselves in you.
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The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.
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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I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.
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Stand firm in that which you are.
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As long as a human being worries about when he will die, and what he has that is his, all of his works are zero. When affection for the I-creature and what it owns is dead, then the work of the Teacher is over.
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The river that flows in you also flows in me.
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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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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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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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