"To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end."
-Ramakrishna
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"When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.“
-Ramakrishna
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"Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you."
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"Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone."
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"It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it."
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"One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God."
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"The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth."
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