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.
RAMAKRISHNAYou 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?
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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Great men have the nature of a child.
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God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again.
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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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They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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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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One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion
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Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
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Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.
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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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One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
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