Ramakrishna Quotes

Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.

You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world?

The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.

The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.

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.

If you want to go east, don’t go west.

Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.

The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]

First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.

So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.