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.
RAMAKRISHNAImagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
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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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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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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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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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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 long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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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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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)
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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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God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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