Kabir Quotes - Page 3

Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.

When you really look for me you will see me instantly.

The external forces conceal from the eyes the deep meaning of existence; True faith resides in the heart.

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.

Do not go to the garden of flowers! O friend! go not there; In your body is the garden of flowers. Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the infinite beauty.

If you want the truth, I'll tell you the truth. Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you.

I am not a Hindu, Nor a Muslim am II am this body, a playOf five elements a dramaOf the spirit dancing With joy and sorrow.

Seeking Why run around sprinkling holy water? There's an ocean inside you, and when you're ready you'll drink.

I do not quote from the scriptures; I simply see what I see.

As 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.

Wherever you are is the entry point.

I don't think there is such a thing as an intelligent mega-rich person. For who with a fine mind can look out upon this world and hoard what can nourish a thousand souls.

Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.

Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.

Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.

I laugh when I hear the fish in the water is thirsty.

As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.

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!

One love it is that pervades the whole world, few there are who know it fully: They are blind who hope to see it by the light of reason, that reason which is the cause of separation - The house of reason is very far away!

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!

Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.

When the bride is one with her lover, who cares about the wedding party?

I've burned my own house down, the torch is in my hand.Now I'll burn down the house of anyone who wants to follow me.

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?

Stand firm in that which you are.