The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.
RAMAKRISHNAIt is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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 tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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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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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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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.
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Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift the good from the bad.
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More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.
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Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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When one has love for God, one doesn’t feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
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Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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