A devotee who can call on God while living a householder’s life is a hero indeed. God thinks: ‘He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties.
RAMAKRISHNAMan needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru’s words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one ‘s own heart.)
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The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
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God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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One should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths.
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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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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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If you want to go east, don’t go west.
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If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love.
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God laughs, saying to Himself, ‘I am going to take his life, and this man says he will save other,
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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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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent.
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Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
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