Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
RAMAKRISHNAThe winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties.
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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent.
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The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
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The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
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You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
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No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
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Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.
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