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I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.

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
Sell
Sells
Mirrors
Illusion
Blind
City
Cities

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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 your own Self. If you listen to that Self within, then you find the Truth.
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Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!
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Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.
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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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As long as I talked unceasingly about the Lord,The Lord stayed away, kept at a distance.But when I silenced my mouth, sat very stillAnd fixed my mind at the doorway of the Lord,I was linked to the music of the Word,And all my talking came to an end.
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Be quiet in your mind, quiet in your senses, and also quiet in your body. Then, when all these are quiet, don't do anything. In that state truth will reveal itself to you.
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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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Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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Seeking Why run around sprinkling holy water? There's an ocean inside you, and when you're ready you'll drink.
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The man who is kind and who practices righteousness, who remains passive against the affairs of the world, who considers all creatures on earth as his own self, he attains the Immortal Being the true God is ever with him.
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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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I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You wander restlessly from forest to forest while the Reality is within your own dwelling.
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Music without words means leaving behind the mind. And leaving behind the mind is meditation. Meditation returns you to the source. And the source of all is sound.
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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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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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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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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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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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Wherever you are is the entry point.
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