black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Ramakrishna

A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
RAMAKRISHNA

Aspirant Boat Live Spiritual Stay Water World
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Book Hearing Knowledge Reading Thinking Understanding
The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
RAMAKRISHNA

Cultivate Goal Human Life Purpose Supreme
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Good Grain Lift Man May Men Pious Sand Sugar Together
It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
RAMAKRISHNA

Difficult Easy Practice Religion Talk
There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
RAMAKRISHNA

Inside Jar Outside Water
The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
RAMAKRISHNA

Jal Pani Religious Same Thing Water
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Bamboo Climb Reach Rope Stair Stone Wooden
Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.
RAMAKRISHNA

Alone Bondage Liberation Mind
When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
RAMAKRISHNA

Appear Blossom Fruit God Love Ritual
One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
RAMAKRISHNA

Day One Pure Spirit Sudden
Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
RAMAKRISHNA

God Soul Speak Truth Unless
Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.
RAMAKRISHNA

Automatic Develop Drop Flower Humility Own Petal Spiritual Wisdom
Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
RAMAKRISHNA

Another Blue God Grace Heart Selfless Talking Work
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Before Behind Everywhere Expanse Imagine Jar Limitless Water
Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake.
RAMAKRISHNA

Allah Brahman Christian God Krishna Lake Name People Siva

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Ramakrishna Quotes