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.
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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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.
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As long as I live, so long do I learn.
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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me’ free you shall be.
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The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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All troubles come to an end when the ego dies
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Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within.
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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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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A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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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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The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
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God laughs, saying to Himself, ‘I am going to take his life, and this man says he will save other,
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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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In mutual love the lover not only wants the happiness of his beloved; but has an eye towards his own happiness also.
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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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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
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The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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It noiselessly drinks the nectar. So long as a man quarrels and disputes about doctrines and dogmas
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It’s enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form.
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