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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!
Kabir
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Kabir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1440
Born: January 1
Died: 1518
Died: January 1
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As the river surrenders itself to the ocean, what is inside me moves inside you.
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The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
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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.
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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!
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My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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What is found now is found then. If you find nothing now, you will simply end up with an apartment in the City of Death.
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