PERSEVERE IN YOUR SEARCH FOR GOD

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PERSEVERE IN YOUR SEARCH FOR GOD

 

Sri Ramakrishna -- There are pearls in the deep sea, but one must hazard all to

find them. If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore

conclude that the sea is without them. Dive again and again. You are sure to be

rewarded in the end. So is it with the finding of the Lord in this world. If

your first attempt proves fruitless, do not lose heart. Persevere in your

efforts. You are sure to realize Him at last.

 

Holy Mother -- Continue to pray without losing heart. Everything will happen in

time.

 

Swami Vivekananda -- To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance,

tremendous will. " I will drink the ocean, " says the persevering soul, " at my

will mountains will crumble up. " Have that sort of energy, that sort of will,

work hard, and you will reach the goal.

 

Buddha -- Search with sincerity and persevere in your search. In the end you

will find the Truth.

 

Guru Nanak -- Dwell on Him day after day, That thou mergest imperceptibly in His

Name.

 

Jesus Christ -- And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always

to pray and not lose heart. He said, " In a certain city there was a judge who

neither feared God nor regarded man; and there was a widow in that city who kept

coming to him and saying, 'Vindicate me against my adversary.' For a while he

refused; but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor regard

man, yet because the widow bothers me, I will vindicate her, or she will wear me

out by her continual coming'. "

 

Judaism -- Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor

stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight

is the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a

tree planted by streams of water, that yields its fruit in its season, and its

leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

 

Krishna -- I am easy of access to that ever steadfast yogi who, O Partha,

constantly meditates on Me and gives no thought to anything else.

 

Mohammed -- Seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave.

 

Rama -- Keeping company with My devotees, always serving Me and My Bhaktas,

fasting on Ekadasi, celebrating the festivals connected with Me, hearing,

reading and expounding My glories, worshipping Me with continuous devotion, and

singing of My excellences: If one follows these precepts daily, one gets pure

devotion.

 

Sankara -- The Atman that is Absolute Existence and Knowledge, can not be

realized without constant practice. So one seeking Knowledge should meditate

upon Brahman for the attainment of the desired goal.

 

Vedas -- This Atman, resplendent and pure, whom the sinless sannyasins behold

residing within the body, is attained by unceasing practice of truthfulness,

austerity, right knowledge, and continence.

 

Zoroaster -- Exert ceaselessly for the Glory of Ahura Mazda and for the good of

the Universe.