Kabir — "Light does not argue with darkness; it simply exists gently."

"The sacred books are like a well, and the wise man is like a bucket; he draws water from the well, and drinks it."

"Pothi padh padh kar jag mua, Pandit bhayo na koye. Dhai aakhar prem ke, jo padhe so Pandit hoye. (Reading books, the world died, but none became learned. He who reads but two and a half letters of lov…"

"I searched for the crooked man, but failed to find one. But when I searched within myself, I realized there was none more crooked than me!"

"The moon shines in my body, but my blind eyes cannot see it."

"I am not in the temple, nor in the mosque, nor in the Kaaba, nor in Kailash. I am not in rites or ceremonies, nor in yoga or renunciation."