He has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
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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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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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 breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
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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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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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God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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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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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
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Do not be small minded. Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love and pure knowledge to dawn within every heart.
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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
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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 water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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