If however, you once see your Divine Mother, you will not afterwards find pleasure in all these. Throwing them all aside, you will run to her.
RAMAKRISHNAAll, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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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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One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
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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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Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
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Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
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All troubles come to an end when the ego dies
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The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.
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Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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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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Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift the good from the bad.
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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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