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.
RAMAKRISHNAYou can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as soon as their mother comes in, they throw aside their dolls and run to her crying, “Mamma, mamma.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. … He who asserts with strong conviction: “I am not bound, I am free,” becomes free.
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First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
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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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Great men have the nature of a child.
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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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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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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 righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
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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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When one has love for God, one doesn’t feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
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