The fool who repeats again and again: “I am bound, I am bound,” remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: “I am a sinner, I am a sinner,” becomes a sinner indeed.
RAMAKRISHNAThey are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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.
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Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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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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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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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
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It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
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Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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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?
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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
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First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.
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