Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
RAMAKRISHNAYou see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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Wisdom 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.
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He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.
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There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
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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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You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world?
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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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Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love.
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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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