In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.
RAMAKRISHNAThat knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as soon as their mother comes in, they throw aside their dolls and run to her crying, “Mamma, mamma.
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This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’it!’
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One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
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One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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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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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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By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. … He who asserts with strong conviction: “I am not bound, I am free,” becomes free.
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Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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A bath in Ganges undoubtedly absolves one of all sins; but what does that avail? They say that the sins perch on trees along the banks of the Ganges.
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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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