Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami quotes

“The student must have a very humble state of mind and also must be very inquisitive.”
-- Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami

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“Humility means one does not impose his conceptions upon others and he is fully dependent on the mercy of the Lord.”
-- Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami

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“The spiritual master can instruct the disciple though many different formats.”
-- Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami

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“When the teacher, the spiritual master, is praying for the mercy of the Lord to enlighten the student, then by the blessings of the Lord the student gets the blessing of knowledge.”
-- Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami

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“In the Bhagavat culture worship of the spiritual master plays a very important role in our life.”
-- Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami

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“God is not looking for extraordinary characters as His instruments, but He is looking for humble instruments through whom He can be honored throughout the ages.”

“But I will say this: In my humble opinion, knowing nothing about it, I do believe that they have remote viewers working on where Osama Bin Laden is. I absolutely, 100%, convinced of that.”

“People become concerned with being more humble than other people.”

“Have more humility. Remember you don't know the limits of your own abilities. Successful or not, if you keep pushing beyond yourself, you will enrich your own life – and maybe even please a few strangers.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction" by A.L. Kennedy, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

“There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.”

“Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.”

Source : Adam Clarke (1831). “Discourses on various subjects relative to the being and attributes of God, and his works in creation, providence, and grace”, p.307

“Attachment to the Divine leads to detachment from the mind. This leads to the realization that the nature of the Seer and the Divine are the same.”

“Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.”

“Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to." "No, this will be Wraith Squadron’s mission." "We don’t mind running. Even when we don’t have to.”

“The inspired moment may sometimes be described as a kind of hallucinatory state of mind: one half of the personality emotes and dictates while the other half listens and notates. The half that listens has better look the other way, had better simulate a half attention only, for the half that dictates is easily disgruntled and avenges itself for too close inspection by fading entirely away.”

Source : Aaron Copland (1980). “Music and Imagination”, p.43, Harvard University Press