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Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.

Ramakrishna

Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
RAMAKRISHNA

Attain Borm Cultivate Divine God Human Being Love Trying
Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish.
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Bird Live Mudfish Off Shake Spin Water Waterfowl
You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
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Doll Fame Honour Infatuated Material Playing Wealth World
After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
RAMAKRISHNA

Book Deep Dive Essence God Learn Need Order Realize
The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
RAMAKRISHNA

Again Fall Hardly Old Possession Sin Water
So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
RAMAKRISHNA

Associate Dwells God Meet Most True Wicked
Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
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Before Behind Everywhere Expanse Imagine Jar Limitless Water
As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
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Boy Failing Fall Fear Fixing Perform Pillar Whirl Worldly
Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
RAMAKRISHNA

Attain Encumbered Inspirational Kind Knowledge Learning People Self Two
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Ask Dawn God Heart Love Minded Pray Pumpkin Pure
The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
RAMAKRISHNA

Bend Great Lowly Meek Motivational Tree Wish
You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
RAMAKRISHNA

Differences Different Digestion Taste Temperament
When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake.
RAMAKRISHNA

Corner Forest Heart Meditation Quite Solitude
Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
RAMAKRISHNA

Dwell Enter God Home Lying Prayer Search Searching Spiritual
Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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Benares Different Hearing Reading
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Ego Fire Piece Retain Rope Supreme

Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.

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