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- The Imitation of Christ is a cherished treasure of the Christian world. This great book was written by a Roman Catholic monk. "Written", perhaps, is…
- "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." This sentence alone would save mankind if all books and prophets were lost. This…
- The Vedas give information on various subjects. They have come together and form one book. And in later times, when other subjects were separated from…
- Here lies the secret. Says Patanjali, the father of Yoga, "When a man rejects all the superhuman powers, then he attains to the cloud of…
- Knowledge of the Absolute depends upon no book, nor upon anything; it is absolute in itself. No amount of study will give this knowledge; is…
- I hear, Western people say, "The world was created for us." If tigers could write books, they would say, man was created for them and…
- Do not believe a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe a thing because another man has said it…
- True religion comes not front the teaching of men or the reading of books; it is the awakening of the spirit within us, consequent upon…
- Books are good but they are only maps. Reading a book by direction of a man I read that so many inches of rain fell…
- Books are only made so that they may point the way to a higher life; but no good results unless the path is trodden with…
- Books cannot teach God, but they can destroy ignorance; their action is negative.
- Books never make religions, but religions make books. We must not forget that. No book ever created God, but God inspired all the great books.…
- Books suggest the inner light and the method of bringing that out, but we can only understand them when we have earned the knowledge ourselves.…
- Even books are nurses, medicines are nurses. But we must work to bring about the time when man shall recognise his mastery over his own…
- Get away from all books and forms and let your soul see its Self. "We are deluded and maddened by books", Shri Krishna declares.
- He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
- I do not call it religion so long as it is confined to books and dogmas.
- If religion and life depend upon books or upon the existence of any prophet whatsoever, then perish all religion and books! Religion is in us.…
- The book is all in us. Fool, hearest not thou? In thine own heart day and night is singing that Eternal Music - Sachchidânanda, soham,…
- We read many books, but that does not bring us knowledge. We may read all the Bibles in the world, but that will not give…
- You all know that certain things are necessary to make a religion. First of all, there is the book. The power of the book is…
- You nourish your minds by reading books. There is no good in doing that unless you hold it also as a sacrifice to the whole…
- One way for attaining Bhakti is by repeating the name of God a number of times. Mantras have effect: the mere repetition of words.... To…
- Man is to become divine by realizing the divine. Idols or temples, or churches or books, are only the supports, the help of his spiritual…
- Each soul is potentially divine. The goal is to manifest this divinity by controlling nature, external and internal. Do this either by work, or worship,…
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