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?
RAMAKRISHNAThe same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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.
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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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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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Similarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life;
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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
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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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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
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Great men have the nature of a child.
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The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
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God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. … He who asserts with strong conviction: “I am not bound, I am free,” becomes free.
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So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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