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When the flower opens, the bees will come.

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Kabir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1440
Born: January 1
Died: 1518
Died: January 1
Philosopher
Poet
Weaver
Writer
Benares
Kabir Sahib
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Bees
Opens
Flower

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Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.
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Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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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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Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.
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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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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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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 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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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I do not quote from the scriptures I simply see what I see.
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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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Don't open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way.
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All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.
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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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Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.
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Only in the heart can one experience the divine presence of truth.
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The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.
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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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But if a mirror ever makes you sad you should know that it does not know you.
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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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