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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.

Ramakrishna

The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction.
RAMAKRISHNA

Aways Direction Heart Magnetic Man Needle North Ocean Vessel
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Boy Failing Fall Fear Fixing Perform Pillar Whirl Worldly
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.
RAMAKRISHNA

Ask Dawn God Heart Love Minded Pray Pumpkin Pure
The same old sins take possession of him again. He is hardly out of the waters before they fall upon him.
RAMAKRISHNA

Again Fall Hardly Old Possession Sin Water
But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
RAMAKRISHNA

Again Bind Sufficient World
The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
RAMAKRISHNA

Catch Determination Grace Persistence Sail
One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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Enter Jumping Mansion Over Stump
So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
RAMAKRISHNA

Beautiful Divine Dwell Hold Man Ugly Wicked
The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
RAMAKRISHNA

Bend Great Lowly Meek Motivational Tree Wish
God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof.
RAMAKRISHNA

Bamboo Important Path Reach Realize Rope
He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity.
RAMAKRISHNA

Dwell Ego God Long Possible
The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force.
RAMAKRISHNA

Bamboo Bent Easy Force Grown Heart
God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
RAMAKRISHNA

God Inspirational Man Suffer Suffering
Who is whose Guru? God alone is the guide and Guru of the universe.
RAMAKRISHNA

Alone Guide Guru Universe
It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable.
RAMAKRISHNA

Afterward Intolerable Painful Pleasant Scratch Sensation Way World
Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
RAMAKRISHNA

Body Disease House Soul Tax Tenant

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