So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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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The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each
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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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Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
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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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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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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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The richest gem of all. How many pearls and precious stones Are scattered all about The outer court that lies before The chamber of your heart!
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The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake.
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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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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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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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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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Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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