--- title: "1 Kept Distance Quotes By Kabir" description: "1 Kept Distance quotes by Kabir. Plus more from Kabir and more Kept Distance sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/kabir-3476_distance_as-long-as-i-talked-unceasingly-about-th_1895654.png" --- > [As 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/as-long-as-i-talked-unceasingly-about-the-lord-the-lord-stayed-away/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/kabir-3476_distance_as-long-as-i-talked-unceasingly-about-th_1895654.png) ## More by Kabir > [But if a mirror ever makes you sad you should know that it does not know you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/but-if-a-mirror-ever-makes-you-sad-you-should-know-that-it-does-not/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) > [If you make love with the divine now, in the next lifeyou will have the face of satisfied desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/if-you-make-love-with-the-divine-now-in-the-next-lifeyou-will-have/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) > [As the bee collecteth honey with great zest, so the fool collecteth wealth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/as-the-bee-collecteth-honey-with-great-zest-so-the-fool-collecteth/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) > [The stone neither speaks nor gives anything. Therefore its service is fruitless and its worship is of no avail.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/the-stone-neither-speaks-nor-gives-anything-therefore-its-service-is/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) > [For millions of years you have slept. This morning, will you not wake?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/for-millions-of-years-you-have-slept-this-morning-will-you-not-wake/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) > [Lift the veil that obscures the heart, and there you will find what you are looking for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/lift-the-veil-that-obscures-the-heart-and-there-you-will-find-what/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) > [I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/i-felt-in-need-of-a-great-pilgrimage-so-i-sat-still-for-three-days/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) > [I went in search of a bad person; I found none as I, seeing myself, found me the worst.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/i-went-in-search-of-a-bad-person-i-found-none-as-i-seeing-myself/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) > [Look at you, you madman! Screaming you are thirsty and dying in a desert, when all around you there is nothing but water!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/look-at-you-you-madman-screaming-you-are-thirsty-and-dying-in-a/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) > [Faith,Waiting in the heart of a seed, Promises a miracle of life which cannot prove at once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/faith-waiting-in-the-heart-of-a-seed-promises-a-miracle-of-life-which/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) > [All know that the drop merges into the ocean but few know that the ocean merges into the drop.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/all-know-that-the-drop-merges-into-the-ocean-but-few-know-that-the/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) > [When the flower opens, the bees will come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/when-the-flower-opens-the-bees-will-come/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) > [“What is seen is not the Truth What is cannot be said Trust comes not without seeing Nor understanding without words The wise comprehends…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/what-is-seen-is-not-the-truth-what-is-cannot-be-said-trust-comes-not/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) > [“as jolaha ka maram na jana, jinh jag ani pasarinhh tana; dharti akas dou gad khandaya, chand surya dou nari banaya; sahastra tar le…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/as-jolaha-ka-maram-na-jana-jinh-jag-ani-pasarinhh-tana-dharti-akas/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) > [Just throw away all thoughts of imaginary things, and stand firm in that which you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/just-throw-away-all-thoughts-of-imaginary-things-and-stand-firm-in/) [Kabir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kabir/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kept-distance/kabir/#itemlist", "name": "1 Kept Distance Quotes By Kabir", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As 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.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kabir" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kabir/as-long-as-i-talked-unceasingly-about-the-lord-the-lord-stayed-away/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/kabir-3476_distance_as-long-as-i-talked-unceasingly-about-th_1895654.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/kabir-3476_distance_as-long-as-i-talked-unceasingly-about-th_1895654.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/kabir-3476_distance_as-long-as-i-talked-unceasingly-about-th_1895654.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As long as I talked unceasingly about the Lord,The Lord stayed away, kept at a distance.But when I silenced…” — Kabir", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kept-distance/kabir/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kept-distance/kabir/", "name": "Kept Distance Quotes by Kabir", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kept-distance/kabir/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/kabir-3476_distance_as-long-as-i-talked-unceasingly-about-th_1895654.png" }, "description": "1 Kept Distance quotes by Kabir. 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