It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal.
RAMAKRISHNADo yourself what you wish others to do.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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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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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.
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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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Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee?
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So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination.
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That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real.
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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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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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If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
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The virtuous and the vicious. Therefore when I meet different people I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner
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Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
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