The lamp is in the house, but the house is not in the lamp.
Indian mystic poet
Songs of Kabir (Tagore translation)
c. 15th century
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"In the garden of truth, even the weeds have stories to tell."
Strange & Unusual"I went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst."
Humorous"To what shore would you cross, O my heart? there is no traveller before you, there is no road: Where is the movement, where is the rest, on that shore? There is no water; no boat, no boatman, is there…"
Strange & Unusual"The pearl is found in the shell, and the shell is in the sea. But the pearl is not the shell, nor the sea."
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