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Do not confuse understanding with a larger vocabulary, sacred writings are beneficial in stimulating desire for inward realization, if one stanza at a time is slowly assimilated. Continual intellectual study results in vanity and the false satisfaction of an undigested knowledge.

— Yukteswar Giri Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)

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Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady.

Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)

Tender inner weaknesses, revolting at mild touches of censure, are like diseased parts of the body, recoiling before even delicate handling.

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Everything in future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now.

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Remember that finding God will mean the funeral of all sorrows.

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A man who accepts a job under anyone is a slave.

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