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> [“The basic idea underlying all the great religions is that man is asleep, that he lives amid dreams and delusions, that he cuts himself off from the universal consciousness (the only meaningful definition of God) to crawl into the narrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-s-de-ropp/the-basic-idea-underlying-all-the-great-religions-is-that-man-is/)

[Robert S. de Ropp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-s-de-ropp/)

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## More by Robert S. de Ropp

> [“If one wants to find out what lies beyond the frontier, the only way to do so is to go beyond it and see.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-s-de-ropp/if-one-wants-to-find-out-what-lies-beyond-the-frontier-the-only-way/)

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> [Seek above all for a game worth playing. Play as if your life and sanity depend on it, because they do!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-s-de-ropp/seek-above-all-for-a-game-worth-playing-play-as-if-your-life-and/)

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> [“This ridiculous object has been strutting around saying I this and I that and all the while it has no more I than a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-s-de-ropp/this-ridiculous-object-has-been-strutting-around-saying-i-this-and-i/)

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> [The essence nature of the Brahmin is an urge to know the truth...the true Brahmin pursues truth at all costs and will not permit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-s-de-ropp/the-essence-nature-of-the-brahmin-is-an-urge-to-know-the-truth-the/)

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> [“He does not identify the self with the physical body or attach much importance to the possessions of that body. He feeds it, dresses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-s-de-ropp/he-does-not-identify-the-self-with-the-physical-body-or-attach-much/)

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> [Seek above all for a game worth playing- such is the advice of the oracle to modern man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-s-de-ropp/seek-above-all-for-a-game-worth-playing-such-is-the-advice-of-the/)

[Robert S. de Ropp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-s-de-ropp/)

> [“Life games reflect life aims. And the games men choose to play indicate not only their type, but also their level of inner development”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-s-de-ropp/life-games-reflect-life-aims-and-the-games-men-choose-to-play/)

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> [“It is our privilege as human beings to live either as Warriors or slaves. A Warrior is the master of his fate. No matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-s-de-ropp/it-is-our-privilege-as-human-beings-to-live-either-as-warriors-or/)

[Robert S. de Ropp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-s-de-ropp/)

> [“The basic idea underlying all the great religions is that man is asleep, that he lives amid dreams and delusions, that he cuts himself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-s-de-ropp/the-basic-idea-underlying-all-the-great-religions-is-that-man-is/)

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> [“Alas! there comes the time when man will no longer launch the arrow of his longing beyond man…. Lo! I show you the last…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-s-de-ropp/alas-there-comes-the-time-when-man-will-no-longer-launch-the-arrow-of/)

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