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"The meaning of this is, that whomsoever we love, in him we find our own soul in the highest sense. The final truth of our existence lies in this. God, the Supreme Soul, is in me, as well as in my son, and my joy in my son is the realisation of this truth."
"It is He who manifests as both matter and consciousness. There is no place where God is not. In every atom, in every living being He alone is present."
"All your Western theologies, the whole mythology of them, are based on the concept of God as a senile delinquent."
"Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God."
"God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best."
"[Spiritual friendship] is eagerly helping one another know, serve, love, and resemble God in deeper and deeper ways."
"The only love that won’t disappoint you is one that can’t change, that can’t be lost, that is not based on the ups and downs of life or of how well you live. It is something that not even death can take away from you. God’s love is the only thing like that."
"Why go to a church to worship God? A church is man made. God never said, "And let there be aluminum siding." Climbing a tree to talk to God sounds like a better idea since only God can make a tree. And if that tree's on a golf course, all the better."
"We can only know one thing about God - that he is what we are not. Our wretchedness alone is an image of this. The more we contemplate it, the more we contemplate him."
"God is the perfect poet, Who in his person acts his own creations."
"For God's sake give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself!"
"Because the Soul is not made of matter, since it is spiritual, it cannot obey the laws of matter, it cannot be judged by the laws of matter."
"This universe is formed out of both consciousness forces and matter. While the study of matter has been the domain of traditional science, the study of consciousness is the science of spirituality."
"If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god."
"God can never be realized by one who is not pure of heart."
"God is, as it were, the sewer into which all contradictions flow."
"We hand folks over to God's mercy, and show none ourselves."
"Throw away thy rod, throw away thy wrath; O my God, take the gentle path."
"How important the concept of God is, and how instead of valuing what has been given us, we with light hearts spurn it because of absurdities that have been attached to it."
"Others - as most legislators, politicians, lawyers, ministers, and office-holders - serve the state chiefly with their heads; and, as they rarely make any moral distinctions, they are as likely to serve the devil, without intending it, as God. A very few - as heroes, patriots, martyrs, reformers in the great sense, and men - serve the state with their consciences also, and so necessarily resist it for the most part."
