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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.

Ramakrishna

Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.
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Bright Fall Heart Mam Mirror Reflect Sunlight Surface
They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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Action Do Good Replete Whatever
Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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Diversity Ignorance Knowledge Unity
The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
RAMAKRISHNA

Believe Discard Mixture Non-Believe Positive Truth World
So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
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Faith Flower Honey Hover Peace Portal Sweetness Tasted
As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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Ego Fire Piece Retain Rope Supreme
An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
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Down Heaven Ocean Rain Receive Thimble
It is middling. The selfish love is the lowest. It only looks towards its own happiness, no matter whether the beloved suffers weal or woe
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Fall God Religion River Sea True Way
God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
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Humility Pride Realized Slighest Trace
You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
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Bamboo Climb Reach Rope Stair Stone Wooden
Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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God Grow Heart Love Selfless
It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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Difficult Easy Practice Religion Talk
He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
RAMAKRISHNA

Dwell Ego God Long Possible
That is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.
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Borrow Crowded Mind Over Studying
Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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God Soul Speak Truth Unless
If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years.
RAMAKRISHNA

Devote Distraction Money Practice Spiritual Year

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