Kabir

Indian mystic poet

Medieval influential 210 sayings

Sayings by Kabir

I went looking for the worst man, but I found none; then I looked in my own heart, and there he was.

15th century — Self-reflective verse
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Do what you do with another human being, but never put your trust in the way.

15th century — Warning against hypocrisy
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Between the poles of the conscious and the unconscious, there has the mind made a swing.

15th century — Poetic reflection on consciousness
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Many have died; you also will die. The drum of death is being beaten.

15th century — Mortality reflection
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The pupil dilates in darkness and in the end finds light.

15th century — Spiritual metaphor
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

A potter makes pots of many shapes and sizes, but all are made of the same clay.

15th century — Teaching on unity in diversity
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The middle path is the way of wisdom.

15th century — Advice on balance
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The fish swims in water but never gets wet.

15th century — Paradoxical wisdom
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The flute of the Infinite is played without ceasing, and its sound is love.

15th century — Mystical verse
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The light which shines in the eye is really the light of the heart.

15th century — Spiritual insight
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

When you really look for me, you will see me instantly.

15th century — Teaching on divine presence
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The path is not in the sky; the path is in the heart.

15th century — Spiritual guidance
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Hindu and Muslim are pots of the same clay; but the potter has given them different names.

c. 15th Century — Poem/Doha, often attributed to Kabir
Controversial Unverifiable

If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.

c. 15th Century — Proverbial saying, widely attributed to Kabir
Controversial Unverifiable

The river that flows from the mountain, does not ask for permission from anyone.

c. 15th Century — Poem/Doha, widely attributed to Kabir
Controversial Unverifiable

O servant, where dost thou seek Me? Lo! I am beside thee. I am neither in temple nor in mosque: I am neither in Kaaba nor in Kailash.

c. 15th Century — Selected Poems from Kabir, translated by Rabindranath Tagore
Controversial Unverifiable

He is the true Guru who can reveal the form of the Formless to the vision of the disciple.

c. 15th Century — Selected Poems from Kabir, translated by Rabindranath Tagore
Controversial Unverifiable

The devotee is a cow, and the Guru is a herdsman; the milk is the nectar of devotion, and the churner is the contemplation of God.

c. 15th Century — Poem/Doha, widely attributed to Kabir
Controversial Unverifiable

If you want to find God, stop looking for him in temples and mosques. Look inside your own heart.

c. 15th Century — Poem/Doha, widely attributed to Kabir
Controversial Unverifiable

The path to God is straight, but men have made it crooked with their rituals and ceremonies.

c. 15th Century — Poem/Doha, widely attributed to Kabir
Controversial Unverifiable