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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
Ramakrishna1836–1886The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 111
- Religion
The waves belong to the Ganges, not the Ganges to the waves. A man cannot realize God unless he gets rid of all such egotistic ideas as “I am such an important man” or “I am so and so”.
Ramakrishna1836–1886The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 385
- Pride
All will surely realize God. All will be liberated.
Ramakrishna1836–1886The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (1942), p. 818
Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
Ramakrishna1836–1886Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960) (531)
- Truth & Lies
I believe the power to make money is a gift of God … to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind.
John D. Rockefeller1839–1937Interview with William Hoster, quoted in God’s Gold (1932) by John T. Flynn
- Money
We must question the story logic of having an all-knowing all-powerful God, who creates faulty Humans, and then blames them for his own mistakes.
Gene Roddenberry1921–1991
- Anti-God
Reason is like an officer when the King appears;
The officer then loses his power and hides himself.
Reason is the shadow cast by God; God is the sun.
Rumi1207–1273IV, Story 4 (tr. Whinfield)
- Thinking
If in thirst you drink water from a cup, you see God in it. Those who are not in love with God will see only their own faces in it.
Rumi1207–1273VI, 3640 (ed. Fadiman and Frager, 1997)
If you wish to shine like day, burn up the night of self-existence. Dissolve in the Being who is everything.
Rumi1207–1273Masnavi I, 3009-12 (tr. Helminski, 1990)
God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly, not one.
Rumi1207–1273Masnavi II, 1552; 1554 (tr. Helminski, 1990)
- Emotion
The infinity of God is not mysterious, it is only unfathomable; not concealed, but incomprehensible; it is a clear infinity, the darkness of the pure unsearchable sea.
John Ruskin1819–1900Modern Painters (1843-1860), Volume II, part III, section I, chapter V (1846)
It is not by prayer and humility that you cause things to go as you wish, but by acquiring a knowledge of natural laws.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970The Impact of Science on Society (1952)
- Prayer
- Science
If I were granted omnipotence, and millions of years to experiment in, I should not think Man much to boast of as the final result of all my efforts.
Bertrand Russell1872–1970Religion and Science (1935)
- Anti-God
- Clever Jabs
The religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God sics on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world.
J. D. Salinger1919–2010Zooey (1957)
- Religion
If I were God, I certainly wouldn’t want people to love me sentimentally. It’s too unreliable.
J. D. Salinger1919–2010Teddy (1953)
- Love