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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises. Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Friends, similarly you cannot see God because of your ignorance, but say not that there is no God.
One should feel a yearning for God like the yearning of a person who has lost his or her job and is wandering from one office to another in search of work.
Be not a traitor in your thoughts. Be sincere. Act according to your thoughts and you shall surely succeed. Pray with a sincere and simple heart, and your prayers will be heard.
Whoever wants God intensely, finds Him. Go and verify it in your own life.
. Remain always strong and steadfast in your own faith, but eschew all bigotry and intolerance.
He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life. Seekest thou God ? Then seek Him in man ! His Divinity is manifest more in man than in any other object. Man is the greatest manifestation of God.
There is one whom you may call your own, and that is God.
I tell you the truth : there is nothing wrong in your being in the world. But you must direct your mind towards God.
It is said that truthfulness alone constitutes the spiritual discipline of the Kaliyuga (i.e. modern age). If a man clings tenaciously to truth he ultimately realizes God.
Women whether naturally good or not, whether chaste or unchaste, should always be regarded as images of the Blissful Divine Mother.
Money can fetch you bread alone. Do not consider it as your sole end and aim.
He is truly a man to whom money is only a servant; but, on the other hand, those who do not know how to make a proper use of it, hardly deserve to be called men.
Rain water never stands on high ground, but runs down to the lowest level. So also the mercy of God remains in the hearts of the lowly, but drains off from those of the vain and the proud.
Wherein is the strength of a devotee? He is a child of God, and his devotional tears are his mightiest weapon.
Look at the anvil of a blacksmith-how it is hammered and beaten; yet it moves not from its place. Let men learn patience and endurance from it.
Visit not miracle-mongers and those who exhibit occult powers. These men are stragglers from the path of Truth.
Don't find fault with anyone, not even with an insect. As you pray to God for devotion, so also pray that you may not find fault with anyone.
Purify the spectacles of your mind and you will see that the world is God.
As the dawn heralds the rising sun, so sincerity, unselfishness, purity, and righteousness precede the advent of the Lord.
Dispute not. As you rest firmly in your own faith and opinion, allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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