If it were possible to meet the Beloved while laughing and in a state of comfort, why should one suffer the anguish of separation?

Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.

The instruction of the foolish is a waste of knowledge; soap cannot wash charcoal white.

If you make love with the divine now, in the next lifeyou will have the face of satisfied desire.

There is nothing but water in the holy pools. I know, I have been swimming there. All the gods sculpted of wood or ivory can’t 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.

As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.

Path presupposes distance; If He be near, no path needest thou at all. Verily it maketh me smile To hear of a fish in water athirst!