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It is a difficult matter for man to realize the extreme importance of social discriminations which seem outwardly insignificant but which produce in woman moral and intellectual effects so profound that they appear to spring from her original nature (Ter Quotes)
Woman is determined not by her hormones or by mysterious instincts, but by the manner in which her body and her relation to the world are modified through the action of others than herself (Ter Quotes)
We always come back to the same vicious circle an extreme degree of material or intellectual poverty does away with the means of alleviating it (Ter Quotes)
Patience is one of those feminine qualities which have their origin in our oppression but should be preserved after our liberation (Ter Quotes)
If you haven't been happy very young, you can still be happy later on, but it's much harder. You need more luck (Ter Quotes)
Travel in all the four quarters of the Earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (Ter Quotes)
Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God (Ter Quotes)
Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal, and you will also have bliss. The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance. The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God (Ter Quotes)
The manifestation of the Divinity must be understood to be in greater degree in those who are honoured, respected, and obeyed by a large following, than in those who have gained no such influence (Ter Quotes)
Who may be called a paramahamsa? He who, like a swan, can take the milk from a mixture of milk and water, leaving aside the water. He who, like an ant, can take the sugar from a mixture of sugar and sand, leaving aside the sand (Ter Quotes)
Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny (Ter Quotes)
Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water. There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The I is the jar (Ter Quotes)
Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing. Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading (Ter Quotes)
One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides (Ter Quotes)
A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him (Ter Quotes)
As a toy fruit or a toy elephant reminds one of the real fruit and the living animal, so do the images that are worshipped remind one of the God who is formless and eternal (Ter Quotes)
In a potter's shop there are vessels of different shapes and forms - pots, jars, dishes, plates, etc., But all are made of the same clay. So God is one, but He is worshipped in different ages and climes under different names and aspects (Ter Quotes)
It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable. In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure (Ter Quotes)
Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully. So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well (Ter Quotes)
When the tail of the tadpole drops off, it can live both in water and on land. When the tail of delusive ignorance drops off from man, he becomes free. He can then live in God and the world equally well (Ter Quotes)
He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief (Ter Quotes)
The vote is a trust more delicate than any other, for it involves not just the interests of the voter, but his life, honor and future as well (Ter Quotes)
A knowledge of different literatures is the best way to free one's self from the tyranny of any of them (Ter Quotes)
My poems are like a dagger sprouting flowers from the hilt; My poetry is like a fountain sprinkling streams of coral water (Ter Quotes)
There is happiness in duty, although it may not seem so. To fulfill one's duty elevates the soul to a state of constant sweetness. Love is the bond between men, the way to teach and the center of the world (Ter Quotes)
The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better (Ter Quotes)
The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs (Ter Quotes)
Now in any social group whatever, even in a gang of thieves, we find some interest held in common, and we find a certain amount of interaction and cooperative intercourse with other groups. From these two traits we derive a standard (Ter Quotes)
Education Proceeds ultimately from the patterns furnished by institutions, customs, and laws If the patterns of institutions, customs, and laws are broken for this philosophy education should fix itself. There should be several different things taught instead of one Supreme Factor (Ter Quotes)
The first step in freeing men from external chains was to emancipate them from the internal chains of false beliefs and ideals. To free one's mind of chains is to free it of the care of what is acceptable or viewed so by society, this is when true freedom is discovered (Ter Quotes)