After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
RAMAKRISHNATravel 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.)
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
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What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc.
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God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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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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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 fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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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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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.)
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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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They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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