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Ramana Maharshi Quotes: If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket you can take away a bucketful.
         

If you approach the ocean with a cup, you can only take away a cupful; if you approach it with a bucket you can take away a bucketful.


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