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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.

Ramakrishna

One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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Enter Jumping Mansion Over Stump
All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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Certainty Exception Know Real Self
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
The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
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Blow Grace Need Sail Set Time Wind
The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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Believe Discard Mixture Non-Believe Positive Truth World
Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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Attachment Comfort God Name Pray
It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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Faith In God Have Faith Real
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
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
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
You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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Differences Different Digestion Taste Temperament
The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
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Compassion Given Helpless Protect
If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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Confuse East Go Want West
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
Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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Duties Duty Few Finish Hand Peace
If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
RAMAKRISHNA

Conclude Divide Doe Healing Pearl Sea

The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.

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