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Ever since I have seen religious bickerings among religions,

I have had nothing to do either with the Sheikh or with the Brahmin.

----From Diwan-i-Hafiz

The Lord's Name is my wealth;

I neither hoard it for myself

Nor sell it for a living.

Nam is my farm,

Nam is my orchard;

Thy slave worships thy Name

And seeks Thy shelter.

Nam is my asset,

Nam is my capital

Other than Thee, O Lord,

I know of no riches.

I neither hoard it for myself

Nor sell it for a living.

Nam is my kinsman,

Nam is my brother,

Nam is my companion,

Who will be my succour

At the hour of death.

I neither hoard it for myself

Nor sell it for a living.

---My wealth is the Lord's Name;

I neither hoard it for myself

Nor sell it for a living.

--Kabir Vani' Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Page 1157

If the God were to punish men for their wrong doing,

He would not leave on earth a single living creature;

but respite them until a stated time;

and when their time comes they can't delay it

an hour or can they-hasten it.

--From Moved by Love : As a Man casting off worn-out garments

put on new ones

The Vedas and granths deal with the experiences about the Lord;

They tell us of means to cross the ocean of existence.

But reality cannot be understood without a Master.

The Master comes and makes us understand.

---Bhai Gurdas, Var I , Pauri 17

Everyone recites the kalma with his lips;

Rare is the person who recites it from the heart.

When the Kalma comes from the heart,

the spoken word has no value.

---Sultan Bahu , Bait 101

In the eyes of the GOD what is most despicable is that

you do not practice what you say

---The Quran , 61:3

The adorations of the tongue are for GOD,

and also the adorations of the body,

& alms giving !

Peace be on thee, O Prophet, with the mercy of GOD & his blessings!

Peace be upon us & upon God's righteous servants!

---The Tahiyah

Two guides are mine:

The saint to bless without,

RAM to dwell within.

---Song of Mira Bai

Kabir, why O Mullah,

climbest thou up to thy minaret?

Thinkest thou that the LORD is hard of hearing?

Seek in Thy Heart for HIM for whose sake

Thou so loudly callest to Prayer!

----Sri Guru Granth..Sahib Slok 184, page 1374

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