I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.
KABIRAs 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.
More Kabir Quotes
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As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.
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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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Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you. The one no one talks of speaks the secret sound to himself, and he is the one who has made it all.
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I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.
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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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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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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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Seeking Why run around sprinkling holy water? There’s an ocean inside you, and when you’re ready you’ll drink.
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The apple blossom exists to create fruit; when that comes, the petal falls.
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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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My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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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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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 flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
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