I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.
KABIRI 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!
More Kabir Quotes
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As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.
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Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?
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Go over and over your beads, paint weird designs on your forehead, wear your hear matted, long, and ostentatious, but when deep inside you there is a loaded gun, how can you have God?
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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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Listen, my friend. He who loves understands.
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When the Guest is being searched for, it is the intensity of the longing for the Guest that does all the work. Look at me, and you will see a slave of that intensity.
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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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Plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, Believe in the Great Sound!
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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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Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have been men, and there would have been no progress in human affairs.
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Wherever you are, that’s the entry point.
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When you feel most alive, find out why, This is one guest you won’t greet twice.
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The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling.
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