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That is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.

Ramakrishna

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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Appear Divided Inside Outside Part Perceive Pot Water
Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
RAMAKRISHNA

Appeal Fast Hold Whichever
Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
RAMAKRISHNA

Awareness Evil False Love Move Moving Spiritual
The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
RAMAKRISHNA

Always Bright Fish Live Mud Shiny Skin
It is middling. The selfish love is the lowest. It only looks towards its own happiness, no matter whether the beloved suffers weal or woe
RAMAKRISHNA

Fall God Religion River Sea True Way
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Deer Effort Essence Laugh Laughing Musk Source
The supreme purpose and goal for human life… is to cultivate love.
RAMAKRISHNA

Cultivate Goal Human Life Purpose Supreme
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
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Again Die Fire Ignorance Knowledge Naked Person True Well
Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
RAMAKRISHNA

Duties Duty Few Finish Hand Peace
One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
RAMAKRISHNA

Fear Hatred Long Shame Spiritual
It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger arises when obstacles are placed in the way of desire.
RAMAKRISHNA

Afraid Alone Anger Arise Desire Lust
When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep your power of discrimination awake.
RAMAKRISHNA

Corner Forest Heart Meditation Quite Solitude
The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
RAMAKRISHNA

Compassion Given Helpless Protect
Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.
RAMAKRISHNA

God Grow Heart Love Selfless
If you want to go east, don’t go west.
RAMAKRISHNA

Confuse East Go Want West

That is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.

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That is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.

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