One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
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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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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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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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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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The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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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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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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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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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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