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Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.

Ramakrishna

When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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Appear Blossom Fruit God Love Ritual
Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
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Beautiful Black Blue Case Colour Man Pillow Third
There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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Inside Jar Outside Water
As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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Learn Live Long
One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
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Attitude Dispute Faith Maintain Religious Respect towards
Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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Allow Doe Evil God Plot Thicken World
Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as soon as their mother comes in, they throw aside their dolls and run to her crying, “Mamma, mamma.
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Care Children Doll Fear Little Mother Play Restrain Running
In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.
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Attractive Beginning Consequence Pleasure Terrible World
Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
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Bondage Free Freedom God Mind Son Soul
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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Fiber Needle Slight Sticking Succeed Thread Trying
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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Bagful Common Grain Little Man Religion Speak Wise
It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
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Animal Dwell Face God Tiger Wicked
When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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Bend Ego Fruit Gradually Humility Laden Own Spiritual Tree Vanish
Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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Duties Duty Few Finish Hand Peace
It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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Dispute Drink Man Nectar Noiselessly Quarrels
You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world?
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Discipline Good Mean Small Spiritual Thing Work World

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