As long as I live, so long do I learn.
RAMAKRISHNAMake 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.
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Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
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We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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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.
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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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The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
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The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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The virtuous and the vicious. Therefore when I meet different people I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner
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