If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
RAMAKRISHNACommon 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
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Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
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The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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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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A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
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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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They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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One should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths.
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That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
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You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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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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When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
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As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
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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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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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