A learned man's knowledge will be of no avail to him if he doesn't have control over his tongue
KabirAs long as I talked unceasingly about the Lord,The Lord stayed away, kept at a distance.But when I silenced my mouth, sat very stillAnd fixed my mind at the doorway of the Lord,I was linked to the music of the Word,And all my talking came to an end.
KabirThere is nothing but water in the holy pools. I know, I have been swimming there. All the gods sculpted of wood or ivory canโt say a word. I know, I have been crying out to them. The Sacred Books of the East are nothing but words. I looked through their covers one day sideways. What Kabir talks of is only what he has lived through. If you have not lived through something, it is not true.
Kabir