Kabir

“The moon shines in my body, but my blind eyes cannot see it:”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“O servant, where dost thou seek Me?If thou art a true seeker, thou shalt at once see Me: thou shalt meet Me in a moment of time.”

“Kabîr says, "O Sadhu! God is the breath of all breath."”

“It is needless to ask of a saint the caste to which he belongs;Even Raidas was a seeker after God.”

“Hindus and Moslems alike have achieved that End, where remains no mark of distinction.”

“O friend! hope for Him whilst you live, know whilst you live, understand whilst you live: for in life deliverance abides.If you have union now, you shall have it hereafter.”

“Do not go to the garden of flowers!Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the Infinite Beauty.”

“Open your eyes of love, and see Him who pervades this world! consider it well, and know that this is your own country.”

“When you meet the true Guru, He will awaken your heart; He will tell you the secret of love and detachment, and then you will know indeed that He transcends this universe.”

“He is the Ultimate Rest unbounded: He has spread His form of love throughout all the world.From that Ray which is Truth, streams of new forms are perpetually springing: and He pervades those forms.”

“There the Unstruck Music eddies around the Infinite One;Millions of suns are shamed by the radiance of a single hair of His body.”

“On the harp of the road what true melodies are being sounded! and its notes pierce the heart:There the Eternal Fountain is playing its endless life-streams of birth and death.”

“He comes to the Path of the Infinite on whom the grace of the Lord descends: he is freed from births and deaths who attains to Him.Kabîr says: "It cannot be told by the words of the mouth, it cannot be written on paper: It is like a dumb person who tastes a sweet thing — how shall it be explained?"”

“I do not quote from the scriptures;I simply see what I see.”

“When the bride is onethe wedding party?”

“I am not a Hindu, With joy and sorrow.”

“A dropcan follow!”

“I am looking at you,You, he, and I?”