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
RAMAKRISHNAAs a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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One should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths.
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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 tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
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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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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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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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So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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Great men have the nature of a child.
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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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