Kabir Quotes
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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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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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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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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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The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.
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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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Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.
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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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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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When you feel most alive, find out why, This is one guest you won't greet twice.
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Why are we here? To become ourselves in you.
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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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Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet.
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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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Student, tell me, what is God?
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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, my friend.
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Listen to me brother! bring the