P. 893 The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna

If a man truly believes that God alone does everything, that He is the
Operator and man the machine, then such a man is verily liberated in
life. 'Thou workest Thine own work; men only call it theirs.' Do you
know what it is like? Vedanta philosophy gives an illustration.
Suppose you are cooking rice in a pot, with potato, egg-plant, and
other vegetables. After a while the potatoes, eggplant, rice, and the
rest begin to jump about in the pot. They seem to say with pride: 'We
are moving! We are jumping!' The children see it and think the
potatoes, egg-plant, and rice are alive and so they jump that way. But
the elders, who know, explain to the children that the vegetables and
the rice are not alive; they jump not of themselves, but because of
the fire under the pot; if you remove the burning wood from the
hearth, then they will move no more. Likewise the pride of man, that
he is the doer, springs from ignorance. Men are powerful because of
the power of God. All becomes quiet when that burning wood is taken
away. The puppets dance well on the stage when pulled by a wire, but
they cannot move when the wire snaps.