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.
RAMAKRISHNAWho is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
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Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift the good from the bad.
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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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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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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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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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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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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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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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