98 Quotes by Kabir

You have slept millions and millions of years.Why not wake up this morning?

प्रेम गली अति संकरी, तामें दाऊ न समाई |जब में था तब हरी नहीं, अब हरी है में नाहीं ||The street of love is very narrow, two can’t pass through it at the same timeWhen I was, there was no God (Hari), now there is God but I am not.

साधो, देखो जग बौराना । साँची कही तो मारन धावै, झूठे जग पतियाना । हिन्दू कहत,राम हमारा, मुसलमान रहमाना । आपस में दौऊ लड़ै मरत हैं, मरम कोई नहिं जाना ।Saints, I seeThe world is madIf I tell the truthThey rush to beat meIf I lie they trust meHindus claim Ram as the oneMuslims claims RaheemThen they kill eachotherKnowing not the essence

Don’t go outside your house to see the flowers.My friend, don’t bother with that excursion.Inside your body there are flowers.One flower has a thousand petals.That will do for a place to sit.Sitting there you will have a glimpse of beautyinside the body and out of it,before gardens and after gardens.

just throw away all thoughts ofimaginary things,and stand firm in that which you are.

What is seen is not the TruthWhat is cannot be saidTrust comes not without seeingNor understanding without wordsThe wise comprehends with knowledgeTo the ignorant it is but a wonderSome worship the formless GodSome worship his various formsIn what way He is beyond these attributesOnly the Knower knowsThat music cannot be writtenHow can then be the notesSay Kabir, awareness alone will overcome illusion.

Listen to the secret sound, the real sound, which is inside you. The one no one talks of speaks the secret sound to himself, and he is the one who has made it all.

Are you looking for me? I am in the next seat.My shoulder is against yours.you will not find me in the stupas, not in Indian shrine rooms, nor in synagogues, nor in cathedrals:not in masses, nor kirtans, not in legs winding around your own neck, nor in eating nothing but vegetables.When you really look for me, you will see me instantly —you will find me in the tiniest house of time.Kabir says: Student, tell me, what is God? He is the breath inside the breath.

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 wave, shall it no longer be considered as water?Within the Supreme Brahma, the worlds are being told like beads:Look upon that rosary with the eyes of wisdom.