Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish.
RAMAKRISHNAHe whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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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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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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The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
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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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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love.
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First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.
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As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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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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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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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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He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
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