General Sayings

I saw a man in this city who had a third eye on his forehead. He was a very wise man, and people came from far and wide to seek his counsel.

The fruits in this land are very sweet and juicy. I ate so many that my stomach ached.

The people of this city have a strange custom of burying their dead in trees. It is a very unusual sight.

The water in this land is very pure and refreshing. I drank so much that I felt like a fish.

The people of this city are very religious. They pray five times a day and fast during the month of Ramadan.

I saw a mountain in this land that was made entirely of salt. It was a truly astonishing sight.

The women of this land wear veils that cover their entire faces, so I could not see their beauty.

I saw a magician in this city who could make a tree grow out of a basket. It was a truly astonishing trick, though I suspect some deception was involved.

Give me twenty-six soldiers of lead and I will conquer the world.

It is a press, certainly, but a press from which shall soon flow in inexhaustible streams the most abundant and most marvelous liquor that has ever flowed to relieve the thirst of men!

You don't grasp the fact that what is most alive of all is inside your own house; and you walk from one holy city to the next with a confused look!

Kabir stands in the market, wishing all well. Friends with none, enemies with none.

What, then, O friend, are you searching for like a fool? The object of your quest is within you, as the oil is in the sesame seed.

Between the pillars of spirit and matter the mind has put up a swing.

If God be within a mosque, then to whom does this world belong?

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 home.

If you don't find your soul in the world, look for it in words.

The devotee is a cow, and the Guru is the cowherd. The cow is tied, but the cowherd is free.

If you want to know the truth, I tell you the truth: there is no God but the God of all.

The world is a bride's chamber, and the soul is the bride.