A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties.
RAMAKRISHNAGod, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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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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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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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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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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Some drink it at one place and call it ‘jal’, others at another place and call it ‘pani’, and still others at a third place and call it ‘water’.
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If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent.
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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
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Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.
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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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This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’it!’
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
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Take the case of the infinite ocean. There is no limit to its water. Suppose a pot is immersed in it: there is water both inside and outside the pot.
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Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
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That is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.
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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 world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
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When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
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