Kabir Quotes
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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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My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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Why are we here? To become ourselves in you.
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Music without words means
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Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.
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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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Path presupposes distance; If He be near, no path needest thou at all. Verily it maketh me smile To hear of a fish in water athirst!
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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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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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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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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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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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The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.
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A learned man's knowledge will be of no avail to him if he doesn't have control over his tongue
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The stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail.
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Listen to me brother! bring the
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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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Wherever you are is 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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Student, tell me, what is God?