Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
RAMAKRISHNAAfter that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
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So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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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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Great men have the nature of a child.
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The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
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Do not be small minded. Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love and pure knowledge to dawn within every heart.
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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
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They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God.
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The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.
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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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The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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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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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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