It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
RAMAKRISHNAUnalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake.
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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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The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
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So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
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A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
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Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as soon as their mother comes in, they throw aside their dolls and run to her crying, “Mamma, mamma.
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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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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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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)
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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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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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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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