He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.
RAMAKRISHNADo not be small minded. Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love and pure knowledge to dawn within every heart.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
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They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God.
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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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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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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.
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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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So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.
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The water of God’s grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down.
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Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss.
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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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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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The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each
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