When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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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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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Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
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Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than hearing.
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Some drink it at one place and call it ‘jal’, others at another place and call it ‘pani’, and still others at a third place and call it ‘water’.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
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So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again.
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One feels that way as long as this pot of ‘I’ exists. When the ‘I’ disappears, what is remains. That cannot be described in words.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises.
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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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They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God.
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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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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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The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties.
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All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They all are one.
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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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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It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
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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 winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
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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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