When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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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Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake.
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You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
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If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.
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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
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When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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