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.
RAMAKRISHNAThe breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
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Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
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Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
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God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
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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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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
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He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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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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