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"Take the wheat, not the measure in which it is contained."
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"The great danger is to always single out some aspect of God's good creation and identify it, rather than alien intrusion of sin, as the villain."

"The voice incessantly quelled in the chorus of human voices will always be the voice of God. And given a reality of this magnitude, I would be well advised to cease my babbling and encourage those around me to do the same."

"Dear Lord please show me what really matters so that I may be able to determine what is distraction and God's direction in my life."

"The only way for you to keep your mind straight is to run from those who would confuse you."

"The challenges are illusions, but necessary ones to determine if you can see through them."

"The rude man requires only to see something going on. The man of more refinement must be made to feel. The man of complete refinement must be made to reflect."

"How to know what God says is the time you took the decision. How to know what God says is what situation and condition was the state of your mind when you took the decision.Any decision you took when you were angry is definitely not the voice of God."

"The Holy Spirit will teach you, how to distinguish between right and wrong doctrines."

"A rational human being of the civilized world would be like the swan that can draw the milk from a mixture of milk and water, leaving aside the water."

"Without a spiritual wakefulness to divine purposes and connections in all things, we will not know things for what they truly are."
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"A loan is the scissors of friendship.A man's own tongue may cut his throat.The cage has no value without the bird."


"Not to be greedy is, paradoxically, the highest form of looking after one's true interests."


"When the Higher Man does something worthy of admiration, it is an evidence of his Mastership, not the object of it."
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