It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
RAMAKRISHNAIt is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
RAMAKRISHNAIf you want to go east, don’t go west.
RAMAKRISHNAIn the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.
RAMAKRISHNAHave love for everyone, no one is other than you.
RAMAKRISHNANo sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
RAMAKRISHNAThrough 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.
RAMAKRISHNAIt’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
RAMAKRISHNAMan needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
RAMAKRISHNAOne should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
RAMAKRISHNAThat knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
RAMAKRISHNAToo much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures.
RAMAKRISHNAThe winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
RAMAKRISHNATo work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
RAMAKRISHNAYou too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
RAMAKRISHNAForgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
RAMAKRISHNADwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
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