After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
RAMAKRISHNAIt is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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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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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
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Have love for everyone, no one is other than you.
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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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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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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love.
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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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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
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When one has love for God, one doesn’t feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
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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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Hearing about Benares is different from reading about it; but seeing Benares is different from either hearing or reading.
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