If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of God.
RAMAKRISHNATravel 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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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.
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It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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Great men have the nature of a child.
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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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Dwell, 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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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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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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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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