The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
RAMAKRISHNAGod 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.’
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
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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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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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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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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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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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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
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Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures.
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He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
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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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