If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
RAMAKRISHNASo long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
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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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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.
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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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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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The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.
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I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
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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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All troubles come to an end when the ego dies
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That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
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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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A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
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