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The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.

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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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Aways Direction Heart Magnetic Man Needle North Ocean Vessel
If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love.
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Depth Heart Herat Holy Immerse Love Ocean Overflowing Sure
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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Down Heaven Ocean Rain Receive Thimble
God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
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Humility Pride Realized Slighest Trace
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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Anywhere Earth Four Quater Religion Travel
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
God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
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Boy Brother God Laugh Mother Occasion Patient Physician
Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
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Continous Meditation Mind Neglect State Time Worship
It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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Enough God Infinite Opinion Sincere Yearning
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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Acquired Child Divine Forget Knowledge Wisdom Worldly
If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years.
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Devote Distraction Money Practice Spiritual Year
This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’it!’
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Belongs God Himself Laugh Man Mine Side Universe Yours
So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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Directed God Herat Long Lost Man Ocean Towards Worldliness
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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Cloud Heart Light Long Ray Similarly Sun World
First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.
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Discipline God Good Impart Power Raise Spiritual
Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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Attain Encumbered Inspirational Kind Knowledge Learning People Self Two

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