The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
RAMAKRISHNADifferent 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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So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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Great men have the nature of a child.
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Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.
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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures.
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
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The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
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What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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