The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
RAMAKRISHNAThe Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
RAMAKRISHNAIf you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.
RAMAKRISHNAThose whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
RAMAKRISHNAThe compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
RAMAKRISHNASpirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own.
RAMAKRISHNAThe breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
RAMAKRISHNAGod is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
RAMAKRISHNAThe sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.
RAMAKRISHNAI have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner
RAMAKRISHNAWhen one has love for God, one doesn’t feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
RAMAKRISHNAHave love for everyone, no one is other than you.
RAMAKRISHNAWhy does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
RAMAKRISHNAToo much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures.
RAMAKRISHNAAs long as I live, so long do I learn.
RAMAKRISHNAThere is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The ‘I’ is the jar.
RAMAKRISHNAUnalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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