The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
RAMAKRISHNAWhen an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
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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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So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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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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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
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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 Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
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What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
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God laughs, saying to Himself, ‘I am going to take his life, and this man says he will save other,
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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