You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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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It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
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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.
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Take the case of the infinite ocean. There is no limit to its water. Suppose a pot is immersed in it: there is water both inside and outside the pot.
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The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.
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If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
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So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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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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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
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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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The fool who repeats again and again: “I am bound, I am bound,” remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: “I am a sinner, I am a sinner,” becomes a sinner indeed.
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When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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