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.
RAMAKRISHNASunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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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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It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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One should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths.
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I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
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If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent.
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All troubles come to an end when the ego dies
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Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.
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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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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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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
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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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The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
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