Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
RAMAKRISHNAPray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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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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The richest gem of all. How many pearls and precious stones Are scattered all about The outer court that lies before The chamber of your heart!
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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish.
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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
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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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When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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One should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths.
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