Ramakrishna Quotes

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.

One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.

Similarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life;

You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.

Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.

The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each

What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.

To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.

One feels that way as long as this pot of ‘I’ exists. When the ‘I’ disappears, what is remains. That cannot be described in words.

There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .