The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
RAMAKRISHNAThe compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
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Similarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life;
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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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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
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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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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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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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Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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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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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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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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Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift the good from the bad.
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