To whom praise and blame are equal, who is silent, content with every fortune, home-renouncing, steadfast in mind, and worships Me, that person is dear to me.
-Srimad Bhagavad Gita "Bhagwad Gita 12.15-19"
To whom praise and blame are equal, who is silent, content with every fortune, home-renouncing, steadfast in mind, and worships Me, that person is dear to me.
The devotee engages to the best of his ability into the play of life, fulfilling his role on this earth as student, employee, husband, wife, parent, neighbor, and community servant. But at the heart of the devotee is a burning desire for the Lord.
God hides things by putting them all around us.
-Anonymous
The end of life is to be like God, and the soul following God will be like Him.
-Socrates
If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.
-Edmond De Goncourt
No God in this world can be so narrow-minded that he needs to be appeased by
sycophancy or worship, and if he does gets pleased and favours you, then he
cannot be God... He can only be the devil.
-Deep Trivedi
God is taking a nap within my soul. I ponder whether to wake Him or not.
-Harley King
A virtuous person fears God without being afraid of him.
-Immanuel Kant
The essence of the offering is that it be analogous to the sin, and that a man offer to God his desires and passions, for this is more acceptable than all.
No one can be a slave of two masters. You cannot serve both God and money.
-Jesus Christ