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.
RAMAKRISHNAYou can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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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.
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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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It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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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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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
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Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
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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.
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The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.
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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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