God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
RAMAKRISHNAThose whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.
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When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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If however, you once see your Divine Mother, you will not afterwards find pleasure in all these. Throwing them all aside, you will run to her.
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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