It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
RAMAKRISHNASugar 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Do not be small minded. Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love and pure knowledge to dawn within every heart.
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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.
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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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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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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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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego.
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God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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