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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!
Kabir
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Kabir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1440
Born: January 1
Died: 1518
Died: January 1
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Kabir Sahib
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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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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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I went in search of a bad person I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst.
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The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge soap cannot wash charcoal white.
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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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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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