If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent.
RAMAKRISHNAMore 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.
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The virtuous and the vicious. Therefore when I meet different people I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner
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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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The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
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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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The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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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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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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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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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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If however, you once see your Divine Mother, you will not afterwards find pleasure in all these. Throwing them all aside, you will run to her.
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That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
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