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“Children, we may go to the temple, reverently circumambulate the sanctum sanctorum and put our offering in the charity box, but on our way out if we kick the beggar at the door, where is our devotion? Compassion towards the poor is our duty to God. Mother is not saying that we should give money to every beggar that sits in front of a temple, but do not despise them. Pray for them as well. When we hate others, it is our own mind that becomes impure. Equality of vision is God.”

“Renovating temples does not mean building great gate towers or receptacles for offerings. What we should focus on is the regular conduct of worship according to tradition, regular satsang, devotional singing, and so forth. Our devotion and faith give life to temples, not rituals and ceremonies. Children, we should remember this when we are involved in temple matters.”

“Children, if we can do archana of the 1000 Names of the Divine Mother daily with devotion, we will grow spiritually. There will never be lack of life's essentials, food and clothing, in a family that chants the 1000 Names with devotion.”

Ifs Children Mother Names Grows Can Do Meditation Divine Essentials Devotion Clothings Divine Mother

Author:Mata Amritanandamayi

“When doing archana (daily prayers) as a group, one person should chant the mantra and the others should repeat it. Mantras should be chanted slowly, clearly and with devotion.”

Should Persons Prayer Meditation Groups Devotion Repeats Mantras Daily Prayer

Author:Mata Amritanandamayi

“Children, we can grow spiritually only if we see the guru as the manifestation of God. We should not accept anyone as guru before we are fully convinced personally that he is authentic and truthful. Once we choose someone as guru, we should surrender completely to him. Only then will spiritual development be possible. Devotion to the guru means total surrender to him.”

Ifs Should Mean Children Spiritual Grows Accepting Development Convinced Surrender Devotion Manifestation Truthful Guru Spiritual Development

Author:Mata Amritanandamayi

“For no sooner had I begun to read this great work [Frasier, The Golden Bough ], than I became immersed in it and enslaved by it. I realized then that anthropology, as presented by Sir James Frazer, is a great science, worthy of as much devotion as any of her elder and more exact sister studies, and I became bound to the service of Frazerian anthropology.”

Science Study Bounds Worthy I Realized Devotion Golden Biographies Elders Great Work Anthropology Great Science

Author:Bronislaw Malinowski

“Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and longing.”

Feelings Sacrifice Concerned Longing Devotion

Author:Xunzi

“To be on the safe and humane side, let every relative and friend ... remember the golden rule, which has never been suspended with respect to the insane. Go to see them, treat them sanely, write to them, keep them informed about the home circle; let not your devotion flag, nor accept any repulse.”

Writing Home Remember Sides Accepting Safe Treats Illness Circles Devotion Mental Illness Golden Insane Relative Flags Humane Golden Rule Suspended Relatives And Friends

Book:A Mind That Found Itself

Source: A Mind That Found Itself

“Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will - that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His providence allows us other devotions only insofar as He sees that they are useful to us.”

Looks Remember Virtue Humility Neighbor Devotion Obedience Providence Good Will Abnegation Humility And Patience

Author:Ignatius of Loyola

“A successful lie cannot be brought into this world and capriciously abandoned; like any committed relationship, it must be maintained, and with far more devotion than the truth, which carries on being carelessly true without any help.”

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Book:We Need To Talk About Kevin

Source: We Need To Talk About Kevin

“We Catholics must admit that there is a constant temptation among us to avoid the lectionary and the Word of God for private and pious devotions that usually have little power to actually change us or call our ego assumptions into question.”

Littles Ego Catholic Constant Devotion Temptation Assumption Word Of God Pious

Author:Richard Rohr

“If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.”

Ifs Love Is Sacrifice Return Selfish Devotion Conditional Without Sacrifice Conditional Love Bartering

Author:Dada Vaswani

“What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.”

Self Spirit Interest Party Members Congress Devotion Welfare Self Interest

Author:Evan Bayh

“I know without our fans and the devotion of our fans we wouldn't be here. I don't mean to put them down, but I'm just stating a fact that it is hard to play to people that see you all the time and it takes a lot of fun out of it in some ways.”

People Knows Way Mean Hard Play Facts Fun Fans Devotion

Author:Roger Daltrey

“Before you, I engage myself to serve my country with the devotion and the exemplary that this post demands. I understand responsibilities of the job and, as such, I give a republican salute to Nicolas Sarkozy who has led France for 5 years and who deserves all of our respect.”

Giving Years Country Jobs Responsibility Republican Demand Deserve Devotion France Posts Salute Exemplary

Author:Francois Hollande

“Her [Rosalind Franklin] devotion to research showed itself at its finest in the last months of her life. Although stricken with an illness which she knew would be fatal, she continued to work right up to the end.”

Ends Would Be Lasts Science Months Research Illness Devotion Finest Franklin

Author:John Desmond Bernal