"Jiva (individual soul) is the conscious ruler of this body, in whom the five life principles come into unity, and yet that very Jiva is the Atman, because all is Atman."
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"The only way to study the mind is to get at facts, and then intellect will arrange them and deduce the principles."
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"The person is only a phenomenon, the principle is behind it. Thus from both sides, simultaneously, we find the breaking down of personalities and the approach towards principles, the Personal God approaching the Impersonal, the personal man approaching the Impersonal Man."
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"The principles of the Vedanta not only should be preached everywhere in India, but also outside. Our thought must enter into the make-up of the minds of every nation, not through writings, but through persons."
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"It will not do merely to listen to great principles. You must apply them in the practical field, turn them into constant practice. What will be the good of cramming the high - sounding dicta of the scriptures? You have first to grasp the teachings of the Shastras, and then to work them out in practical life. Do you understand? This is called practical religion."
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"It is contrary to our principles to multiply organizations, since, in all conscience, there are enough of them. And when organizations are created they need individuals to look after them."
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"I must remark that what I mean by our religion working upon the nations outside of India comprises only the principles, the background, the foundation upon which that religion is built."
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"The power which works through the formative principles of every religion in every country is manifested in the forms of religion. . ."
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"I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles."
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"From the moment we are born our culture encourages us to believe that outer well-being is the source of inner fulfillment ... Wherever we turn the principle is confirmed, encouraging us to become 'human havings' and 'human doings' rather than human beings."
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"The organization of self, and all self-aligning principles would be those that I promote."
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"There was a conservative consensus for an amendment I put forward called Trust, But Verify that would have strengthened border security on both refugees, students and those coming here. And Marco sided and I guess was more sympathetic to Chuck Schumer and to the president than he was to conservative principles."
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"Too many Americans live by Republican principles of faith, family, hope and opportunity, but vote for Democrats out of sheer habit."
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"The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles."
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"The propagation of truth and nonviolence can be done less by books than by actually living on those principles."
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"God is not a person. God is an eternal principle."
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"Love requires that true education should be easily accessible to all and should be of use to every villager in this daily life. The emphasis laid on the principle of spending every minute of one's life usefully is the best education for citizenship."
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"Let no one charge me with ever having abused or encouraged weakness or surrendered on matters of principle. But I have said, as I say again, that every trifle must not be dignified into a principle."
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"Ahimsa is one of the world's great principles, which no power on earth can wipe out."
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"It is difficult for me to regard anyone who obeys no moral principle in his conduct to be a religious man."
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