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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More Ramakrishna Quotes
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God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
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When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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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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The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.
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That is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.
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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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Take the case of the infinite ocean. There is no limit to its water. Suppose a pot is immersed in it: there is water both inside and outside the pot.
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Allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion.
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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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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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What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
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If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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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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So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the flower emitting the buzzing sound; but when it is inside the flower
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