They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
RAMAKRISHNAIf you want to go east, don’t go west.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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If 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.
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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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Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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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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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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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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Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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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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By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. … He who asserts with strong conviction: “I am not bound, I am free,” becomes free.
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Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.
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