Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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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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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He has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing.
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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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It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
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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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The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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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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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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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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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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