"He drew a circle that shut me out Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout But love and I had the wit to win; We drew a circle that took him in." -
-- Edwin Markham

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Vedanta says, the ‘only open sesame,’ the only way to really stamp out all misery from the world-long faces and gloomy, sad tempers, will not mend matters—the only way to escape from all sins, the only way to stand above all temptations is to realize the true Self. You will never be able to withstand animal passions unless you do away with all this splendor and glory that bewitches you, do away with all that attracts you. When you realize that, you stand above all the passions, and at the same time be perfectly free, be perfectly free, be perfectly full of bliss, and that is Heaven.*

~Swami Rama Tirtha

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"Knowledge of God is not as great as the love of God"
~ Steven

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"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."
~Gandhi