If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
RAMAKRISHNATry to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient’s mother, ‘Don’t be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.’
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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
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The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
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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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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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Similarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life;
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Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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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.
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He has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
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Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
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That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
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That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
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More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.
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