There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
RAMAKRISHNAMake 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.
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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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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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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.
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One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
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So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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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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What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
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