Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
RAMAKRISHNAYou should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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Do not be small minded. Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love and pure knowledge to dawn within every heart.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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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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Great men have the nature of a child.
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All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
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So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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One feels that way as long as this pot of ‘I’ exists. When the ‘I’ disappears, what is remains. That cannot be described in words.
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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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