Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift the good from the bad.
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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The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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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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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world?
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When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake.
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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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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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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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Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
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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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Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
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The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
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Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
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Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
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