Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as soon as their mother comes in, they throw aside their dolls and run to her crying, “Mamma, mamma.
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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When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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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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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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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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If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love.
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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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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
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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 see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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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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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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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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God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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