As long as I live, so long do I learn.
RAMAKRISHNASome drink it at one place and call it ‘jal’, others at another place and call it ‘pani’, and still others at a third place and call it ‘water’.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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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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We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
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It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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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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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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The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
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So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
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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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One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
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