Man 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.
RAMAKRISHNAToo much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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
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In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.
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First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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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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The winds of God’s grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.
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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 magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.
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A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.
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He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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