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.
RAMAKRISHNASo 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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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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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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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
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Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
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He has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
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