Kabir — "Words are the empty shells; listen for the song beneath them."

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

"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…"

"Bada hua to kya hua, jaise ped khajoor. Panthi ko chhaya nahin, phal lage atidoor. (What good is it to be big like a date palm tree? It gives no shade to travelers, and its fruit is far out of reach.)"

"If by worshipping stones one can find God, I shall worship a mountain. If by immersion in the water salvation be attained, the frogs who bathe continually would attain it. As the frogs, so are these m…"

"What's the use of being tall, like the date tree? It gives no shade to travelers, and its fruit is hard to reach."