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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,

Ramakrishna

Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift the good from the bad.
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Good Grain Lift Man May Men Pious Sand Sugar Together
Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
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Another Blue God Grace Heart Selfless Talking Work
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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Day God Heaven Ignorance Say Therefore
The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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Doe Good Himself Man Motive Selfish
One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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Fear Hatred Long Shame Spiritual
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
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Book Good Many Reading Religious Saying
Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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Ascetic Forgiveness Nature True
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
He has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
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Nectar Peace Quite Tasted True Faith
Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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Anyway Art Football Hear Praying
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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Ego God Keep Knowledge Long Love True Ultimately
Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures.
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Book Essence God Harm Important Learning Scripture Study
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
Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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Attain Borm Cultivate Divine God Human Being Love Trying
God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
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Humility Pride Realized Slighest Trace
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.
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Away Black Find Huge Obstacle Overcoming Pushing Stone Wearing Ton Trying
If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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Conclude Divide Doe Healing Pearl Sea
All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
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God Liberal Meal Morning Noon Real Realize Self
The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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Always Blowing Grace Raise Sail Wind
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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Appear Holy Indeed Man Smallest Stain Ugly White
So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
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Faith Flower Honey Hover Peace Portal Sweetness Tasted
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
The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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Doe Ego Water Waxem Belong
The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
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Jal Pani Religious Same Thing Water
Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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Appear Divided Inside Outside Part Perceive Pot Water
All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They all are one.
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Different Fall Flow God Reach Religion Religious River Sea True
When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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Baked Broken Fire Ignorance Man Mud New One Potter

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