"Don't open your diamonds in a vegetable market. Tie them in bundle and keep them in your heart, and go your own way."

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“Gutenberg: Songs of Kabir by Rabindranath Tagore”

“A diamond was laying in the street covered with dirt. Many fools passed by. Someone who knew diamonds picked it up.”

“I have come to save the devotees. I was sent here because the world was seen in misery.”

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