If you want to go east, don’t go west.
RAMAKRISHNAGod is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake.
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The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
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So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again.
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The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
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God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
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One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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