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The attempt to remove evil from the world by killing a thousand evil - doers, only adds to the evil in the world.

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Work and worship are necessary to take away the veil, to lift off the bondage and illusion.

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Know for certain that there is no power in the universe to injure us unless we first injure ourselves.

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In one word, this ideal is that you are divine.

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Drama is the most difficult of all arts. In it two things are to be satisfied - first, the ears, and second, the eyes. To paint a scene, if one thing be painted, it is easy enough; but to paint different things and yet to keep up the central interest is very difficult. Another difficult thing is stage - management, that is, combining different things in such a manner as to keep the central interest intact.

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Give up all desire for enjoyment in earth or heaven. Control the organs of the senses and control the mind. Bear every misery without even knowing that you are miserable. Think of nothing but spiritual freedom.

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The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.

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To the Indian mind there is nothing higher than religious ideals, that this is the keynote of Indian life.

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Consciously or unconsciously, we are all striving for perfection. Every being must attain to it.

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The same fire that cooks a meal for us may burn a child, and it is no fault of the fire if it does so; the difference lies in the way in which it is used.

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Say, "I can do everything ." "Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it."

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There is no help for you outside of yourself; you are the creator of the universe. Like the silkworm you have built a cocoon around yourself.... Burst your own cocoon and come out as the beautiful butterfly, as the free soul. Then alone you will see Truth.

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Who cares for your bhakti and mukti? Who cares what your scriptures say? I will go into a thousand hells cheerfully if I can rouse my countrymen, immersed in tamas, to stand on their own feet and be men inspired with the spirit of karma-yoga. I am a follower only of he or she who serves and helps others without caring for his own bhakti and mukti!

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When I see an object there is no will; when its sensations are carried to the brain, there comes the reaction, which says "Do this", or "Do not do this", and this state of the ego-substance is what is called will

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All great undertakings are achieved through mighty obstacles. Keep up the deepest mental poise. Take not even the slightest notice of what puerile creatures may be saying against you.

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Man as Atman is really free; as man he is bound, changed by every physical condition.

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Forgive offences by the million. And if you love all unselfishly, all will by degrees come to love one another.

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We can have no conception of God higher than man, so our God is man, and man is God.

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Man is the best mirror, and the purer the man, the more clearly he can reflect God.

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I must remark that what I mean by our religion working upon the nations outside of India comprises only the principles, the background, the foundation upon which that religion is built.

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