“One should not think, 'My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.' God can be realized by means of all paths. It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.” ThinkingShouldMeanEnoughReligionOpinionPathInfiniteSincereYearningRight PathFalse Gods Book:The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
“There should be somewhere upon earth a place that no nation could claim as its sole property, a place where all human beings of good will, sincere in their aspiration, could live freely as citizens of the world, obeying one single authority, that of the supreme truth.” WorldShouldHumansEarthNationsHuman BeingsCitizensAuthorityClaimsPropertySupremeAspirationSincereSoleGood WillObeyingLive Free Author:Mirra Alfassa
“I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up.” IfsKnowsLoveGivingShouldWellsI CanEnoughEvilLearningSincereVengeanceEvil ManGood Against EvilLesser Evil Book:Gandhi on Non-violence Source: Gandhi on Non-violence
“Painting can also be too earnest at times and that's a drag. You don't want to go in that direction either. It should be holistic. It should represent the whole of your personality, I guess, so if somebody is a sincere painter or an ironic painter, then they're just bullshitting the audience and presenting only an idealized version of themselves.” IfsWantShouldWholeAudiencePaintingPersonalityVersionsPainterSincereIronicDragEarnestPresentingHolistic Author:Joe Bradley
“I have nothing but myself to write about, no facts, no theories, no opinions, no adventures, no sentiments, nothing but my own poor barren individualism, of considerable interest to me, but I do not know why I should presume it will be so to you. Egotism is not tiresome, or it ought not to be, if one is sincere about oneself; but it is so hard to be sincere. Well, never mind, I mean to be, and you know me well enough to see through me when I am humbugging.” IfsKnowsShouldWritingMindWellsMeanHardEnoughFactsInterestMy OwnPoorOpinionAdventureTheoryOughtOneselfSincereSentimentsIndividualismKnow MeEgotismBarrenTiresome Book:The Nemesis of Faith Source: The Nemesis of Faith