So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
RAMAKRISHNAIf you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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A bath in Ganges undoubtedly absolves one of all sins; but what does that avail? They say that the sins perch on trees along the banks of the Ganges.
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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
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There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
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Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
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The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
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The virtuous and the vicious. Therefore when I meet different people I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner
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All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
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The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
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Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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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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The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
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