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The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.

Ramakrishna

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
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
Some drink it at one place and call it ‘jal’, others at another place and call it ‘pani’, and still others at a third place and call it ‘water’.
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Another Call Drink Other Pani Place Some Water
Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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Diversity Ignorance Knowledge Unity
Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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Equal Faith Liberty Opinion Own
The richest gem of all. How many pearls and precious stones Are scattered all about The outer court that lies before The chamber of your heart!
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Court Gem Outer Pearl Precious Richest Scattered Stone
Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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Anyway Art Football Hear Praying
One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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Day One Pure Spirit Sudden
Do not be small minded. Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love and pure knowledge to dawn within every heart.
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Ask Dawn God Heart Love Minded Pray Pumpkin Pure
Great men have the nature of a child.
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Child Children Greatness Man Nature
To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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Attachment Expectation Reward Work
When one has love for God, one doesn’t feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
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Children Compassion Friend Physical Relatives Retain
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
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
A bath in Ganges undoubtedly absolves one of all sins; but what does that avail? They say that the sins perch on trees along the banks of the Ganges.
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Fall Ganges Man Tree Undoubtedly Water
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

The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.

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