Kabir Quotes - Page 2

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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.

  Kabir

  Dirt, Fool, Diamond

  "Bijak". Sakhi, 171. Translation by Yashwant K. Malaiya based on that of Puran Sahib,

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• Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.

  Kabir

  Heart, Veils, Lifts

  Kabir, Sushil Rao (2000). “The Thirsty Fish: Kabir Bhajans”, p.2, sushil rao

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• As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.

  Kabir

  Zest, Honey, Fool

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• The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling

  Kabir

  Water, Needs, Serious

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• Reading books everyone died, none became any wise.
  One who reads the word of Love, only becomes wise.

  Kabir

  Wise, Book, Reading

  Kabir, “Looking At The Grinding Stones - Dohas (Couplets) I”

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• Do not praise yourself not slander others: There are still many days to go and any thing could happen.

  Kabir

  Praise, Slander, Stills

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• Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart

  Kabir

  Flower, Heart, Roots

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• The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.

  Kabir

  White, Waste, Soap

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• Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. Think about it carefully! Don't go off somewhere else! ...just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.

  Kabir

  Life, Strong, Thinking

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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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.

  Kabir

  Heart, Vegetables, Ties

  "Bijak". Book by Kabir; translation by Yashwant K. Malaiya,

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• I talk to my inner lover, and I say, why such rush? We sense that there is some sort of spirit that loves birds and animals and the ants- perhaps the same one who gave a radiance to you in your mother's womb. Is it logical you would be walking around entirely orphaned now? The truth is you turned away yourself, and decided to go into the dark alone. Now you are tangled up in others, and have forgotten what you once knew, and that's why everything you do has some weird sense of failure in it.

  Kabir

  Mother, Dark, Animal

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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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

  Kabir

  Men, Tongue, Ifs

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• The essence of life is in remembering God.

  Kabir

  Essence, Remembering God, Life Is

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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.

  Kabir

  Real, Secret, Sound

  Kabir (1972). “The Fish in the Sea is Not Thirsty”, Calcutta : A Writers Workshop publication

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• Student, tell me, what is God?
  He is the breath inside the breath.

  Kabir

  Faith, Kirtan, Students

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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• But if a mirror ever makes
  you sad
  you should know
  that it does
  not know
  you.

  Kabir

  Mirrors, Doe, Should

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• Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours. you will not find me in the stupas, not in Indian shrine rooms, nor in synagogues, nor in cathedrals: not in masses, nor kirtans, not in legs winding around your own neck, nor in eating nothing but vegetables. When you really look for me, you will see me instantly - you will find me in the tiniest house of time. Kabir says: Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.

  Kabir

  Spiritual, Vegetables, House

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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• Listen, my friend.
  He who loves understands.

  Kabir

  My Friends

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• Why are we here? To become ourselves in you.

  Kabir

  Spiritual, Spirituality

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• My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.

  Kabir

  Love, Heart, Wish

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• The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.

  Kabir

  Sound, Flutes, Infinite

  Kabir (2010). “Songs of Kabir”, p.92, The Floating Press

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• The purpose of labor is to learn;
  when you know it, the labor is over.

  Kabir

  Purpose, Labor, Knows

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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• Look at you, you madman! Screaming you are thirsty and dying in a desert,
  when all around you there is nothing but water!

  Kabir

  Water, Dying, Desert

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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.

  Kabir

  Inspirational, Running, Ocean

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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.

  Kabir

  Silly, Healing, Talking

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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