As a toy fruit or a toy elephant reminds one of the real fruit and the living animal, so do the images that are worshipped remind one of the God who is formless and eternal.

The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.

The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God's compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.

If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of God.

Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.

You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises. Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.

God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.