Kabir Quotes About Water

Quotes about: Water

• I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. I laugh when I hear that people go on pilgrimage to find God.

  Kabir

  God, People, Water

• Look at you, you madman! Screaming you are thirsty and dying in a desert,
  when all around you there is nothing but water!

  Kabir

  Water, Dying, Desert

• I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You don't grasp the fact that what is most alive of all is inside your own house; and so you walk from one holy city to the next with a confused look!

  Kabir

  Powerful, Confused, Cities

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

• The fish in the water that is thirsty needs serious professional counseling

  Kabir

  Water, Needs, Serious

• There is nothing but water in the holy pools. I know, I have been swimming there. All the gods sculpted of wood or ivory can’t say a word. I know, I have been crying out to them. The Sacred Books of the East are nothing but words. I looked through their covers one day sideways. What Kabir talks of is only what he has lived through. If you have not lived through something, it is not true.

  Kabir

  Book, Swimming, Ivory

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

• Seeking Why run around sprinkling holy water? There's an ocean inside you, and when you're ready you'll drink.

  Kabir

  Inspirational, Running, Ocean

• 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.

  Kabir

  Silly, Healing, Talking

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

• I laugh when I hear the fish in the water is thirsty.

  Kabir

  Water, Laughing, Vision

  Kabir, Pritish Nandy, Gopal Sanyal (1983). “Love, the first syllable: the mystic songs of Kabir in Pritish Nandy's version”

• Path presupposes distance; If He be near, no path needest thou at all. Verily it maketh me smile To hear of a fish in water athirst!

  Kabir

  Distance, Water, Path

• 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 dwelling.

  Kabir

  Reality, Dwelling, Water

• It is time to put up a love-swing!
  Tie the body and then tie the mind so that they
  swing between the arms of the Secret One you love,
  Bring the water that falls from the clouds to your eyes,
  and cover yourself inside entirely with the shadow of night.
  Bring your face up close to his ear,
  and then talk only about what you want deeply to happen.

  Kabir

  Fall, Eye, Night

  Kabir (1977). “The Kabir book: forty-four of the ecstatic poems of Kabir”

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