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
RAMAKRISHNAWisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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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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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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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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In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.
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The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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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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The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
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The virtuous and the vicious. Therefore when I meet different people I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner
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