Keen intelligence is two-edged, It may be used constructive… - Yukteswar Giri

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Keen intelligence is two-edged, It may be used constructively or destructively like a knife, either to cut the boil of ignorance, or to decapitate one's self. Intelligence is rightly guided only after the mind has acknowledged the inescapability of spiritual law.

Yukteswar Giri

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About Yukteswar Giri

Sri Yukteswar Giri (also spelled Sriyukteswar Giri or Sriyukteshvar Giri) (May 10, 1855 – March 9, 1936) is the monastic name of Priyanath Karar, the guru of Paramahansa Yogananda.

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Alternative Names: Sri Yukteswar Giri • Sri Yukteshwar

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Those who remove our troubles, dispel our doubts, and bestow peace are true teachers. They perform a Godlike work. Their opposites (those who increase our doubts and difficulties) are harmful to us and should be avoided like poison.

Good manners without sincerity are like a beautiful dead lady.

Do not allow yourself to be thrashed by the provoking whip of a beautiful face. How can sense slaves enjoy the world? Its subtle flavours escape them while they grovel in primal mud. All nice discriminations are lost to the man of elemental lusts.

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