Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Religious Thought 188



Truth is by nature self-evident, as soon as you remove the cobwebs of ignorance that surround it, it shines clear.
- Mahatma Gandhi
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He who has put away evil, who is humble, free from impurity, self restrained, versed in knowledge, leading a holy life, That man may be truly called a Brahmana. For him there are no desires anywhere in the world.
- Udana
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To show compassion to the wicked is to oppress the righteous; to pardon oppressors is to tyrannize the oppressed.
- Sadi, Gulistan
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Is it not true that when we have God we have everything?
- St. Peter Julian Eymard
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Before he died, Rabbi Zusya said: "In the world to come they will not ask me, 'Why were you not Moses?' "They will ask me, 'Why were you not Zusya?'"
- Legend about Hasidic Rabbi Zusya of Hanipoli
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