Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
RAMAKRISHNAYou see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
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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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So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again.
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Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
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God laughs, saying to Himself, ‘I am going to take his life, and this man says he will save other,
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That is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.
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God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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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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First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.
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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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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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Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.
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