He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.
RAMAKRISHNACan 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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If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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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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An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
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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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Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
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The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
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The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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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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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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You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
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If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
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You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
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