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.
RAMAKRISHNAThe tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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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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Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
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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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The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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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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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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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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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’it!’
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
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