Humorous Sayings

I was once caught in a sandstorm in this land. The sand was so thick I could not see my hand in front of my face.

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

I saw a snake in this land that was as thick as a tree trunk. It was a monstrous creature, and I quickly fled.

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

I was once offered a princess in marriage in this land, but I declined, for I was already married and had a long journey ahead of me.

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 was once given a magic carpet in this land, but it did not fly. It was just a very beautiful rug.

I have travelled to many lands and seen many things, but I have never seen a people so fond of bathing as the Indians. They bathe even in the cold of winter!

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.

God suffers in the great multitudes whom his sacred word cannot reach.

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!

Religious truth is captive in a small number of manuscript books, which guard the common treasure, instead of diffusing it. Let us break the seal which holds the holy things; give wings to the truth that by means of speech, no longer written at great…

I laugh when I hear that people go on pilgrimage to find God.

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!

I went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst.

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

Kabir, take no pride in high dwellings. Death levels all to earth, grass grows above.