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.
RAMAKRISHNAThe sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
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The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
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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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The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
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The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
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They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures.
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Some drink it at one place and call it ‘jal’, others at another place and call it ‘pani’, and still others at a third place and call it ‘water’.
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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
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