Ramakrishna (1836–1886) Indian mystic and religious preacher
Source: Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (1960), p. 1
“O star-built bridge, broad milky way!
O star-lit, stately, splendid span!
If but one star should cease to stay
And prop its shoulders to God's plan —
The man who lives for self, I say,
He lives for neither God nor man.”
The Building of the City Beautiful (1905), Ch. V : How Beautiful!, p. 48.
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551-553
Fruits of Solitude (1682), Part I
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No. 398
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