Humorous Sayings

The bird sings because it has a song.

If you don't know the way, how will you find the destination?

The lotus blooms in the mud, but it is not of the mud.

The path to God is not in going to Mecca or Varanasi, but in looking within.

The fool searches for God in temples and mosques, but the wise man finds Him in his own heart.

If you want to know the secret, learn to see with your heart, not with your eyes.

The lamp is in the house, but the blind man cannot see it.

The wind blows, and the dust rises. But the dust cannot touch the wind.

The world is a dream, and the dream is real.

The moon is in the sky, but its light is on the earth.

Nindak niyare rakhiye aangan kuti chhawaye; Bin sabun pani bina nirmal karat subhaye. (Keep your critics close, even making a place for them in your courtyard. Without water or soap they clean up your blemishes.)

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.)

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 love, he becomes learned.)

Chalti chakki dekh kar, diya Kabira roye. Dui paatan ke beech mein, sabit bacha na koye. (Seeing the grinding mill, Kabir wept. Between the two stones, no one remains whole.)

Me, I'm drunk on love! Why should I connive? I stay free of the world. What friend of it am I? If you leave the one you love, You wander door to door. My friend's inside of me. Who am I waiting for?

So many bodies, so many opinions! But my Beloved, though invisible, is in all these bodies. There is no life at all without the Beloved; the Self lives as each and every one.

Aisi vani boliye, mann ka aapa khoye. Auron ko sheetal kare, aaphun sheetal hoye. (Speak such words that your ego is lost. They cool others, and you yourself become cool.)

The world is like a great empty dream. Why should one toil away one's life?

Since Life is but a Dream, Why toil to no avail?

I do not dare to speak in a loud voice, I fear to disturb the people in heaven.