If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
RAMAKRISHNAWhen you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake.
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Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.
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The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
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There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
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When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)
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Take the case of the infinite ocean. There is no limit to its water. Suppose a pot is immersed in it: there is water both inside and outside the pot.
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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.
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The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
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The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
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God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
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Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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