The grace of God falls alike on all His children, learned and illiterate – whoever longs for Him. The father has the same love for all his children. Suppose a father has five children. One calls him ‘Baba’, some ‘Ba’ and some ‘Pa’. These last cannot pronounce the whole word. Does the father love those who address him as ‘Baba’ more than those who call him ‘Pa’? The father knows that these last are simply too young to say ‘Baba’ correctly.
(p.407, The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna, Thakur’s words to the devotees in his room at Dakshineswar on 23 March, 1884)
Go on saying, “I am free”. Never mind if the next moment delusion comes and says, “I am bound.” Dehypnotise the whole thing.
(p.501, Vol.1, Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, from Swamiji’s talk on ‘The Soul and God’ delivered in San Francisco on 23 March, 1900.)