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.
RAMAKRISHNAWhen one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
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When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake.
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What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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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.
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The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake.
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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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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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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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