It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
RAMAKRISHNAGod can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
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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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The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
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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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An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
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Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
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So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
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Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
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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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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
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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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