God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
RAMAKRISHNAUnless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.
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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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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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That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
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One feels that way as long as this pot of ‘I’ exists. When the ‘I’ disappears, what is remains. That cannot be described in words.
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Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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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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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
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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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God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
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You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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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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