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Dr. Charlotte Krause: Her Life & Literature
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As the ocean is the support of all jewels, and the earth the support of all beings, just so Right Faith is the support of all virtues. [ 102 ]
A soul can reach perfection only after the dirt consisting in the latent efficacy of its former deeds has disappeared from it. [ 103 ]
Knowledge without Faith and Good Conduct is useless; it cannot lead to the accomplishment of any object whatsoever. [ 104 ]
How can a man lead others to spiritual welfare, as long as he is affected by worldly interests himself?
[ 105 ]
If instruction from the lips of the worthiest of ascetics cannot influence a hardened, arid heart, the fault does not lie with the preceptor, nor with the instruction, but solely with the unfortunate disposition of the soul in question.
[ 106 ]
In the hand of the pious, wealth serves as an expedient for securing spiritual welfare by selfless deeds, whereas in the hand of the sensually disposed, it becomes an expedient for securing sensual pleasures.
[ 107 ]
With a person, in whom the latent efficacy of former good deeds is still operative, wealth becomes dependent on virtue, and spontaneously hastens to join it.
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Let there be diversity in this world, but let there be no enmity! Let there be competition, but let there be no jealousy!
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