Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
RAMAKRISHNASo it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.
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Great men have the nature of a child.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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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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No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
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If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years.
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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
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If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love.
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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
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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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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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