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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?

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
A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
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Agent Embodied God Man People State True
God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
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Boy Brother God Laugh Mother Occasion Patient Physician
More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.
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Approached Hypocrite Infinite May Name
You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
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Bamboo Climb Reach Rope Stair Stone Wooden
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
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
It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
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Animal Dwell Face God Tiger Wicked
The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
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Bliss Covered Ignorance Indeed Obscured
Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
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Bondage Free Freedom God Mind Son Soul
All troubles come to an end when the ego dies
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Die Ego End Over Trouble
The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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Bend Great Lowly Meek Motivational Tree Wish
Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as soon as their mother comes in, they throw aside their dolls and run to her crying, “Mamma, mamma.
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Care Children Doll Fear Little Mother Play Restrain Running
One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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Enter Jumping Mansion Over Stump
If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
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God Mad Thing World
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

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