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It is the spirit of the quest which helps

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Kabir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1440
Born: January 1
Died: 1518
Died: January 1
Philosopher
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Weaver
Writer
Benares
Kabir Sahib
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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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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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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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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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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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Wherever you are is the entry point.
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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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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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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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I do not quote from the scriptures I simply see what I see.
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Within the body there is played Music unending, though without stringed instruments That music of the Word pervades the entire creation Who listens to it is freed from all illusion
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Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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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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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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Now I have no caste, no creed, I am no more what I am!
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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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The apple blossom exists to create fruit when that comes, the petal falls.
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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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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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Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart
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