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.
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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They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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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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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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The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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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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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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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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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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It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
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There are three kinds of love; unselfish, mutual, and selfish. The unselfish love is of the highest kind; The lover only minds the welfare of the beloved and does not care for his own sufferings. .
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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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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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If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
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