If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
RAMAKRISHNAHave love for everyone, no one is other than you.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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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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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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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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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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