Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)
RAMAKRISHNAThe 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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
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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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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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Because of the pot the water appears to be divided into two parts; because of the pot you seem to perceive an inside and an outside.
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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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The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
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Sugar 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.
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So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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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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One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land it flows in torrents from all sides.
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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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You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
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The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
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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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Great men have the nature of a child.
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