Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as soon as their mother comes in, they throw aside their dolls and run to her crying, “Mamma, mamma.
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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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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Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
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So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
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If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of God.
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Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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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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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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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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As 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.
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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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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
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Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
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