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"His Majesty couldn't grant us a greater favor than to give us a life that would be an imitation of the life his beloved Son lived. Thus I hold for certain that these favors are meant to fortify our weakness, that we may be able to imitate him in his great sufferings." Saint Teresa of Avila

"He who disobeys [the Principle of Nature] violates virtue. He who destroys humanity is a robber. He who promotes evil lacks [moral] capacity. But he who puts his moral nature into practice and brings his physical existence into complete fulfillment can match [Heaven and Earth]." Chang Tsai

“Said by God: Think all the world as nothing and prefer My service before all things, for you cannot have your mind fixed on Me and at the same time delight in transitory pleasure." Thomas a Kempis

"There is no action, Either present, future, or past, Which has been performed or enjoyed by me. This I know, without any doubt." Avadhuta Gita

"In the original substance of the mind there is no distinction of good and evil. When the will becomes active, however, such distinction exists. The faculty of innate knowledge is to know good and evil. The investigation of things is to do good and to remove evil." Wang Yangming

"You are the supreme Brahman, infinite, yet hidden in the hearts of all creatures. You pervade everything." Upanishads

"All beings are the owners of their deeds (kamma, Skr: karma), the heirs of their deeds: their deeds are the womb from which they sprang, with their deeds they are bound up, their deeds are their refuge. Whatever deeds they do- good or evil-of such they will be the heirs." Buddha Sakyamuni

"Those "devout" souls who knew that no one can be really devout in relation to God, if he is not devout toward His creation, and that the love of God is unreal, unless it is crowned with love for one's fellow men." Martin Buber

"For God to be perceived by the soul, she must be blind. Therefore, he (Saint Paul) says, "He saw the Nothing” from whose light all lights come, from whose essence all essence comes." Meister Eckhart

"Who knows his soul knows his Lord." Rumi

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