"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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"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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"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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"Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here."
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