"Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

God cannot be realized through the intellect. Intellect can lead one to a certain extent and no further. It is a matter of faith and experience derived from that faith.
~ Mahatma Gandhi ~












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"If a man reaches the heart of his own religion, he has reached the heart of the others, too. There is only one God, and there are many paths to him.
"It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
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