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All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.

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Kabir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1440
Born: January 1
Died: 1518
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Poet
Weaver
Writer
Benares
Kabir Sahib
Merges
Drop
Ocean
Inspirational

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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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Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!
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My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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