Kabir

Indian mystic poet

Medieval influential 210 sayings

Sayings by Kabir

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 home.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir', often cited as 'The Fish in the Water'

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If you don't find your soul in the world, look for it in words.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat. My shoulder is against yours.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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I am not in the temple, nor in the mosque, nor in the Kaaba, nor in Kailash. I am not in rites or ceremonies, nor in yoga or renunciation.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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The devotee is a cow, and the Guru is the cowherd. The cow is tied, but the cowherd is free.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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If you want to know the truth, I tell you the truth: there is no God but the God of all.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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The world is a bride's chamber, and the soul is the bride.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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The true Guru is like a lamp, and the disciple is a moth. The moth circles the lamp, but the lamp does not move.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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What is God? He is the breath inside the breath.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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The drop is in the ocean and the ocean is in the drop.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

Humorous Confirmed

Go to the temple and worship the idol? But the idol is made of stone. How can it speak to you?

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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The seed is in the plant, and the plant is in the seed.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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When you are born, you cry. When you die, the world cries.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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The water in the pitcher is not different from the water in the ocean.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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Don't go to the garden of flowers! O friend! Go not there! In your body is the garden of flowers.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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The breath of all life is the Lord.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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I am looking for the one who is looking for me.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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The bird sings because it has a song.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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If you don't know the way, how will you find the destination?

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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The lotus blooms in the mud, but it is not of the mud.

c. 15th century — Poem from 'Songs of Kabir'

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