So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
RAMAKRISHNAThe Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. … He who asserts with strong conviction: “I am not bound, I am free,” becomes free.
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So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
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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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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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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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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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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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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.
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Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.
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When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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