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The apple blossom exists to create fruit when that comes, the petal falls.
Kabir
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Kabir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1440
Born: January 1
Died: 1518
Died: January 1
Philosopher
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Kabir Sahib
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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!
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My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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Though One Brahman is the Cause of the Many. ... Behold but One in all things it is the second that leads you astray.
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Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.
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The Lord is in me, the Lord is in you,as life is in every seed, put false pride away and seek the Lord within.
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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 fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling
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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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