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.
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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Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
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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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A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
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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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When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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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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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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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.
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It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
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