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

Kabir

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Kabir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1440
Born: January 1
Died: 1518
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Poet
Weaver
Writer
Benares
Kabir Sahib
Mirror
Mirrors
Makes
Doe
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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!
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Do you believe there is some place that will make thesoul less thirsty? In that great absence you will find nothing.
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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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If you don't break your ropes while you're alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?
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Do not keep the slanderer away, treat him with affection and honor: Body and soul, he scours all clean, babbling about this and that.
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Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.
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The Beloved is inside you and also inside me. You know the tree is hidden inside the seed. Let your arrogance go. None of us has gone far. Inside love there is more power than we realize.
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I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. I laugh when I hear that people go on pilgrimage to find God.
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I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.
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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.
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I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.
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It is the spirit of the quest which helps
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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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A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.
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The savor of wandering in the ocean of deathless life has rid me of all my asking: As the tree is in the seed, so all diseases are in this asking.
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Men have always looked before and after, and rebelled against the existing order. But for their divine discontent, men would not have been men, and there would have been no progress in human affairs.
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When you feel most alive, find out why, This is one guest you won't greet twice.
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God, provide me with enough sustenance that my family is taken care of, that neither I remain hungry, nor does my guest go unfed.
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Listen to me brother! bring the vision of the Beloved in your heart
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The essence of life is in remembering God.
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