The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
RAMAKRISHNAHe is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
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An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
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When one has love for God, one doesn’t feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
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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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It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
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Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
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They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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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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Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each
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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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