It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
RAMAKRISHNAWe 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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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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Some 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’.
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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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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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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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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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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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So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
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A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties.
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If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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