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You 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?

Ramakrishna

The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
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Doe Good Himself Man Motive Selfish
Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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Do Other Wish Yourself
A bath in Ganges undoubtedly absolves one of all sins; but what does that avail? They say that the sins perch on trees along the banks of the Ganges.
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Fall Ganges Man Tree Undoubtedly Water
Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures.
RAMAKRISHNA

Book Essence God Harm Important Learning Scripture Study
The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
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Blow Grace Need Sail Set Time Wind
The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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Collect Down Egotism God Grant High Mound Run Water
Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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Diversity Ignorance Knowledge Unity
Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water.
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Before Behind Everywhere Expanse Imagine Jar Limitless Water
The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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Cultivate Goal Human Life Purpose Supreme
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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Form God Meet People Saint Vicious Virtuous
Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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Benares Different Hearing Reading
The fool who repeats again and again: “I am bound, I am bound,” remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: “I am a sinner, I am a sinner,” becomes a sinner indeed.
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Fool Guilt Night
They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.
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Action Do Good Replete Whatever
Great men have the nature of a child.
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Child Children Greatness Man Nature
But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
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Again Bind Sufficient World
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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Brother Divide Forgetting God Land Laugh Master Physician Think

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