God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
RAMAKRISHNAHe has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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God laughs, saying to Himself, ‘I am going to take his life, and this man says he will save other,
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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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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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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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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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The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
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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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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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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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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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The virtuous and the vicious. Therefore when I meet different people I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner
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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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