Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish.
RAMAKRISHNAIf you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
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The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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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
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All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They all are one.
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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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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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Great men have the nature of a child.
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