Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)
RAMAKRISHNAIf you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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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.
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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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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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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food.
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The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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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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So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’it!’
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