God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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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So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. … He who asserts with strong conviction: “I am not bound, I am free,” becomes free.
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Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.
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When one has love for God, one doesn’t feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
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Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
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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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God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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