The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
RAMAKRISHNAA truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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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 supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
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I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
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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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He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
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Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
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When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.
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He has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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