That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
RAMAKRISHNASimilarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life;
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So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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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?
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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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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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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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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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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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
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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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It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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If however, you once see your Divine Mother, you will not afterwards find pleasure in all these. Throwing them all aside, you will run to her.
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The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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