If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
RAMAKRISHNACan you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God.
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So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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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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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake.
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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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You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
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You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
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When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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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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