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Faith is belief in what I do not know now, so I can come soon enough for what I believe in.

— Chinmayananda Saraswati

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The tragedy of human history is decreasing happiness in the midst of increasing comforts.

The guru is nothing but pure consciousness, Bliss and eternal wisdom.

Divinity should not be given to you from somewhere else. The Upanishad thunders "Thou Art That.

Whatever the man of realization is the moral code for us to follow. The qualities of his actions are the standards by which the world determines its sense of justice, the concept of Dharma.

The spirit of Advaita is not to keep away from anything, but to keep in tune with everything.

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Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

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I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

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Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

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