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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More Ramakrishna Quotes
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle – pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.
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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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One feels that way as long as this pot of ‘I’ exists. When the ‘I’ disappears, what is remains. That cannot be described in words.
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He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
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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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If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years.
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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
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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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Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
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Take the case of the infinite ocean. There is no limit to its water. Suppose a pot is immersed in it: there is water both inside and outside the pot.
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When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
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All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self.
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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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