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I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.

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
Great
Sat
Needs
Days
Came
Felt
Three
Stills
Still
Need
Pilgrimage

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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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It is the spirit of the quest which helps
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Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart
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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 flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
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But if a mirror ever makes you sad you should know that it does not know you.
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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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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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Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.
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The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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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 stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail.
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