The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
RAMAKRISHNAWhen 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
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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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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The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love.
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So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again.
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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 it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
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So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.
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You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.
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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
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We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence.
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The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance.
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After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God.
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Once a person has faith, he has achieved everything.
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