The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
RAMAKRISHNAIf diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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No sooner does the man come back from the holy waters that the old sins jump on his shoulders from the trees.
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Do 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.
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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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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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Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning,
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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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A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth.
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He has not tasted the nectar of true faith; when he has tasted it, he becomes quiet and full of peace.
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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 world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.
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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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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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Great men have the nature of a child.
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It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.
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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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