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.
RAMAKRISHNAWhen one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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Great men have the nature of a child.
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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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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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If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love.
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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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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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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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It is middling. The selfish love is the lowest. It only looks towards its own happiness, no matter whether the beloved suffers weal or woe
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He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.
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