black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Ramakrishna

If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years.
RAMAKRISHNA

Devote Distraction Money Practice Spiritual Year
The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
RAMAKRISHNA

Always Blowing Grace Raise Sail Wind
To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
RAMAKRISHNA

Attachment Expectation Reward Work
One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
RAMAKRISHNA

Fear Hatred Long Shame Spiritual
God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
RAMAKRISHNA

God Inspirational Man Suffer Suffering
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Assert Bound Conviction Freed Mind Strong
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
RAMAKRISHNA

Baked Broken Fire Ignorance Man Mud New One Potter
God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
RAMAKRISHNA

God Man Manifest Serve Worship Worshipping
Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
RAMAKRISHNA

God Soul Speak Truth Unless
The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
RAMAKRISHNA

Collect Down Egotism God Grant High Mound Run Water
Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
RAMAKRISHNA

Ascetic Forgiveness Nature True
Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
RAMAKRISHNA

Faith God Lack Man Suffer Suffering
The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
RAMAKRISHNA

Doe Good Himself Man Motive Selfish
You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
RAMAKRISHNA

Differences Different Digestion Taste Temperament
All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
RAMAKRISHNA

God Liberal Meal Morning Noon Real Realize Self
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Beautiful Black Blue Case Colour Man Pillow Third

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Ramakrishna Quotes