God laughs, saying to Himself, ‘I am going to take his life, and this man says he will save other,
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.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
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Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
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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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One feels that way as long as this pot of ‘I’ exists. When the ‘I’ disappears, what is remains. That cannot be described in words.
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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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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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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.
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Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as soon as their mother comes in, they throw aside their dolls and run to her crying, “Mamma, mamma.
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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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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil.
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All troubles come to an end when the ego dies
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.
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You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.
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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.
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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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Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.
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Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.
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You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world?
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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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The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
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Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other’s home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.
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When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer
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The richest gem of all. How many pearls and precious stones Are scattered all about The outer court that lies before The chamber of your heart!
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