57 Best Kabir Quotes That Will Enlighten Your Soul

1. “When at last you are come to the ocean of happiness, do not go back thirsty.” – Kabir

2. “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.” – Kabir

3. “If you haven’t experienced it, it’s not true.” – Kabir

4. “The river that flows in you also flows in me.” – Kabir

5. “A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.” – Kabir

6. “Don’t open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way.” – Kabir

7. “I went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst.” – Kabir

8. “Do not praise yourself not slander others: There are still many days to go and any thing could happen.” – Kabir

9. “The sun is within me and so is the moon.” – Kabir

10. “The flute of the infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.” – Kabir

11. “The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling.” – Kabir

12. “Forgiveness is a game only saints play Kabir.” – Kabir

13. “Admire the diamond that can bear the hits of a hammer. Many deceptive preachers, when critically examined, turn out to be false.” – Kabir

14. “The truth of love is the truth of the universe: it is the lamp of the soul that reveals the secrets of darkness” – Kabir

15. “Do what you do with another human being, but never put them out of your heart.” – Kabir

16. “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.” – Kabir

17. “So long as man clamours for the I and Mine, his works are as naught: When all love of the I and the Mine is dead, then the work of the Lord is done.” – Kabir

18. “If you want the truth, I’ll tell you the truth. Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you.” – Kabir

19. “All know that the drop merges into the ocean, but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.” – Kabir

20. “Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten. The world has fallen in love with a dream. Only sayings of the wise will remain.” – Kabir

21. “Listen, my friend. He who loves understands.” – Kabir

22. “When you really look for me you will see me instantly.” – Kabir

23. “Take a pitcher full of water and set it down in the water-now it has water inside and water outside. We mustn’t give it a name, lest silly people start talking again about the body and the soul.” – Kabir

24. “If you don’t break your ropes while you’re alive, do you think ghosts will do it after?” – Kabir

25. “If you make love with the divine now, in the next lifeyou will have the face of satisfied desire.” – Kabir

26. “Nada is found within. It is a music without strings which plays in the body. It penetrates the inner and outer and leads you away from illusion.” – Kabir

27. “My heart is so intoxicated with love that I have no wish to speak.” – Kabir

28. “Why are we here? To become ourselves in you.” – Kabir

29. “What is a holy person? The one who is aware of others’ suffering.” – Kabir

30. “Seeking Why run around sprinkling holy water? There’s an ocean inside you, and when you’re ready you’ll drink.” – Kabir

31. “If you cannot understand something, then you have understood it incorrectly.” – Kabir

32. “The stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail.” – Kabir

33. “The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.” – Kabir

34. “Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.” – Kabir

35. “If it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation?” – Kabir

36. “The essence of life is in remembering God.” – Kabir

37. “One love it is that pervades the whole world, few there are who know it fully: They are blind who hope to see it by the light of reason, that reason which is the cause of separation – The house of reason is very far away!” – Kabir

38. “All darkness vanished, when I saw the Lamp within my heart.” – Kabir

39. “Love does not grow on trees or brought in the market, but if one wants to be “loved” one must first know how to give unconditional love.” – Kabir

40. “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.” – Kabir

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

42. “Do you believe there is some place that will make thesoul less thirsty? In that great absence you will find nothing.” – Kabir

43. “So high is my Lord’s palace, my heart trembles to mount its stairs: yet I must not be shy, if I would enjoy His love.” – Kabir

44. “For millions of years you have slept. This morning, will you not wake?” – Kabir

45. “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.” – Kabir

46. “Wherever you are is the entry point” – Kabir

47. “Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.” – Kabir

48. “Stand firm in that which you are.” – Kabir

49. “When the flower opens, the bees will come.” – Kabir

50. “Listen to your own Self. If you listen to that Self within, then you find the Truth.” – Kabir

51. “Faith,Waiting in the heart of a seed, Promises a miracle of life which cannot prove at once.” – Kabir

52. “Sing such a song with all of your heart that you’ll never have to sing again.” – Kabir

53. “When you feel most alive, find out why, This is one guest you won’t greet twice.” – Kabir

54. “Go over and over your beads, paint weird designs on your forehead, wear your hear matted, long, and ostentatious, but when deep inside you there is a loaded gun, how can you have God?” – Kabir

55. “I sell mirrors in the city of the blind.” – Kabir

56. “Wear a crown of flowers on your head, let its roots reach your heart” – Kabir

57. “If you haven’t experienced it, it’s not true.” – Kabir

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