Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.
RAMAKRISHNAIf you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of God.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
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Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
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When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
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If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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The fool who repeats again and again: “I am bound, I am bound,” remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: “I am a sinner, I am a sinner,” becomes a sinner indeed.
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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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