Kabir Quotes

A drop
Melting into the sea,
Everyone can see.
But the sea
Absorped
In a drop —
A rare one
can follow!

I do not quote from the scriptures;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

I am looking at you,
You at him,
Kabir asks, how to solve
This puzzle —
You, he, and I?

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.

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

Do not go to the garden of flowers!
O Friend! go not there;
In your body is the garden of flowers.
Take your seat on the thousand petals of the lotus, and there gaze on the Infinite Beauty.

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

I am not a Hindu,
Nor a Muslim am I!
I am this body, a play
Of five elements; a drama
Of the spirit dancing
With joy and sorrow.