One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
RAMAKRISHNADwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
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Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.
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The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each
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By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. … He who asserts with strong conviction: “I am not bound, I am free,” becomes free.
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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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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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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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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In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.
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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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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
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