Strange & Unusual Sayings
790 sayings found from the Medieval era
The beloved is hidden where you refuse to look: in yourself.
Spiritual wisdom grows wild in the garden of surrender.
Words are the empty shells; listen for the song beneath them.
The lamp of awareness burns brightest when desire is forgotten.
Embrace the ache of not knowing; it opens secret doors.
Trust the still pond inside; it reflects the real sky.
Those who chase shadows overlook the sun shining in their pocket.
The moon shines in my body, but my blind eyes cannot see it: The moon is within me, and so is the sun. The unstruck drum of Eternity is sounded within me; but my deaf ears cannot hear it.
The river and its waves are one surf: where is the difference between the river and its waves? When the wave rises, it is the water; and when it falls, it is the same water again. Tell me, Sir, where is the distinction? Because it has been named as w…
Between the poles of the conscious and the unconscious, there has the mind made a swing: Thereon hang all beings and all worlds, and that swing never ceases its sway.
If I say, 'He is One,' it is a lie; if I say, 'He is two,' I am guilty of slander. Kabir knows Him as He is, but cannot express Him.
O scholars, you are mistaken; there's no creator or creation there [in the experience of Unity]. There's no radiant form, no time, no word, no flesh, or faith; no cause or effect, or even a thought of the Vedas. There's no Hari or Brahma, no Shiva or…
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.
When 'I' was, God was not; when God is, 'I' am not. All darkness vanished when the lamp of truth lit within.
What's the use of being tall, like the date tree? It gives no shade to travelers, and its fruit is hard to reach.
The world dies reading endless books, but none becomes wise. He alone is truly learned who reads the two-and-a-half letters of Love.
I searched for the crooked man, but failed to find one. But when I searched within myself, I realized there was none more crooked than me!
Seeing the grinding mill, Kabir wept. Between stones, nothing stays whole.
God dwells in you like the pupil in the eye. Fools search outside, unaware.
If God dies, then I will die; If he does not die, then why should I die?