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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
Kabir
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Kabir
Age: 78 †
Born: 1440
Born: January 1
Died: 1518
Died: January 1
Philosopher
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Benares
Kabir Sahib
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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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Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.
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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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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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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 felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.
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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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My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.
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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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Plunge into the truth, find out who the Teacher is, Believe in the Great Sound!
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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 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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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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Do not praise yourself not slander others: There are still many days to go and any thing could happen.
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I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.
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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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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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