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> [God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I was no longer the centre of my life and therefore I could see God in everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-griffiths/god-had-brought-me-to-my-knees-and-made-me-acknowledge-my-own/)

[Bede Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bede-griffiths/)

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## More by Bede Griffiths

> [The main theme of the Bible is the restoration of humanity and, through humanity, of the whole of creation to its original harmony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-griffiths/the-main-theme-of-the-bible-is-the-restoration-of-humanity-and/)

[Bede Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bede-griffiths/)

> [Stillness within one individual can affect society beyond measure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-griffiths/stillness-within-one-individual-can-affect-society-beyond-measure/)

[Bede Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bede-griffiths/)

> [Above all we have to go beyond words and images and concepts. No imaginative vision or conceptual framework is adequate to the great reality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-griffiths/above-all-we-have-to-go-beyond-words-and-images-and-concepts-no/)

[Bede Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bede-griffiths/)

> [Atheism and agnosticism signify the rejection of certain images and concepts of God or of truth, which are historically conditioned and therefore inadequate. Atheism…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-griffiths/atheism-and-agnosticism-signify-the-rejection-of-certain-images-and/)

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> [“When we approach the Upanishads for an understanding of the Cosmic Mystery, we are coming to the very heart of the Hindu experience of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-griffiths/when-we-approach-the-upanishads-for-an-understanding-of-the-cosmic/)

[Bede Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bede-griffiths/)

> [“To enter deeply into meditation is to enter into the mystery of suffering love. It is to encounter the woundedness of our human nature.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-griffiths/to-enter-deeply-into-meditation-is-to-enter-into-the-mystery-of/)

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> [Obedience is detachment from the self. This is the most radical detachment of all. But what is the self? The self is the principle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-griffiths/obedience-is-detachment-from-the-self-this-is-the-most-radical/)

[Bede Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bede-griffiths/)

> [I suddenly saw that all the time it was not I who had been seeking God, but God who had been seeking me. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-griffiths/i-suddenly-saw-that-all-the-time-it-was-not-i-who-had-been-seeking/)

[Bede Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bede-griffiths/)

> [“...Nobody know when he is going to die. It is no good simply putting it off all the time, as we tend to do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-griffiths/nobody-know-when-he-is-going-to-die-it-is-no-good-simply-putting-it/)

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> [You must be ready to give up everything, not only material attachments but also human attachments - father, mother, wife, children - everything that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-griffiths/you-must-be-ready-to-give-up-everything-not-only-material-attachments/)

[Bede Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bede-griffiths/)

> [God had brought me to my knees and made me acknowledge my own nothingness, and out of that knowledge I had been reborn. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-griffiths/god-had-brought-me-to-my-knees-and-made-me-acknowledge-my-own/)

[Bede Griffiths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bede-griffiths/)

> [...the need to overawe people and demand obedience from them is powerful and seductive. It is a part of that world that the kingdom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-griffiths/the-need-to-overawe-people-and-demand-obedience-from-them-is-powerful/)

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> [This was the very purpose of creation that each unique, individual being should participate in its own way in the divine Being, should realize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-griffiths/this-was-the-very-purpose-of-creation-that-each-unique-individual/)

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> [This is criterion by which the Church is to be judged, not by the forms of its doctrine or ritual, but by the reality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-griffiths/this-is-criterion-by-which-the-church-is-to-be-judged-not-by-the/)

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> [There is a beautiful expression of this in the Chandogya Upanishad: 'There is this City of Brahman, (that is the body), and in this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bede-griffiths/there-is-a-beautiful-expression-of-this-in-the-chandogya-upanishad/)

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