Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
RAMAKRISHNALittle 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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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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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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The jnani sees that both inside and outside there is nothing but Paramatman. Then what is this pot? It is ‘I-consciousness’.
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
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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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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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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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