Look at you, you madman! Screaming you are thirsty and dying in a desert, when all around you there is nothing but water!
KABIROnly in the heart can one experience the divine presence of truth.
More Kabir Quotes
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My Beloved One gleams like the lightning flash in the sky.
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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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I went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst.
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All darkness vanished, when I saw the Lamp within my heart.
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The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.
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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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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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Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart.
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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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I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.
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Why are we here? To become ourselves in you.
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When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?
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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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If you haven’t experienced it, it’s not true.
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Listen to me brother! bring the vision of the Beloved in your heart.
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When you really look for me you will see me instantly.
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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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The river that flows in you also flows in me.
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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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Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.
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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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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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The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling.
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When the flower opens, the bees will come.
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The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
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Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within.
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