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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.

Ramakrishna

One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
RAMAKRISHNA

Attain Knowledge Land m Divine Pride Rid Water
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Agent Embodied God Man People State True
That is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.
RAMAKRISHNA

Borrow Crowded Mind Over Studying
All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
RAMAKRISHNA

Certainty Exception Know Real Self
The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
RAMAKRISHNA

Bamboo Bent Easy Force Grown Heart
More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.
RAMAKRISHNA

Approached Hypocrite Infinite May Name
God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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Form God Righteous Unrighteous
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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Bright Fall Heart Mam Mirror Reflect Sunlight Surface
What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
RAMAKRISHNA

Lecture Merely Persistence Practice Real Use
Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
RAMAKRISHNA

Appear Divided Inside Outside Part Perceive Pot Water
God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
RAMAKRISHNA

Boy Brother God Laugh Mother Occasion Patient Physician
There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
RAMAKRISHNA

Eye Highest Kind Love Lover Mind Mutual Selfish Unselfish
Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
RAMAKRISHNA

Devotee Essential Exist God Long Running Vanity
To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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Attachment Expectation Reward Work
You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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Being Dwell God Love Everyone
If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
RAMAKRISHNA

Fiber Needle Slight Sticking Succeed Thread Trying

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