Ramakrishna

God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.

— Ramakrishna

When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.

— Ramakrishna

Honour both spirit and form, the sentiment within as well as the symbol without.

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He who is called Krishna is also Siva and the Primal Sakti...He again, who is called Jesus and Allah. Truth is one.

— Ramakrishna

It's enough to have faith in one aspect of God. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true…

— Ramakrishna

Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.

— Ramakrishna

If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.

— Ramakrishna

So many religions, so many paths to reach the one and the same goal.

— Ramakrishna

If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and…

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When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion…

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To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the…

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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt…

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Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don't have to avoid evil. They are so replete…

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You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion... different temperaments... differences in the capacity to…

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By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. ... He who asserts with strong conviction: "I am not…

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The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As they leave the room they simply ask…

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A man develops a subtle power as a result of the strict observance of celibacy for twelve years. Then he can understand…

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Live like a mud-fish: its skin is bright and shiny even though it lives in mud.

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“When divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.”

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As the snake is separate from its slough, even so is the Spirit separate from the body.

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If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of…

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Right discrimination is of two kinds analytical and synthetical. The first leads one from the phenomena to the Absolute Brahman, while by…

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All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the…

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

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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…

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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…

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More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form…

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If you keep your heart immersed always in the ocean of divine love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to…

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Brahman is beyond mind and speech, beyond concentration and meditation, beyond the knower, the known and knowledge, beyond even the conception of…

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God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach…

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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…

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As a toy fruit or a toy elephant reminds one of the real fruit and the living animal, so do the images…

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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…

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How long do small girls play with their dolls? As long as they are not married and do not live with their…

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All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at…

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Be not a traitor in your thoughts. Be sincere; act according to your thoughts; and you shall surely succeed. Pray with a…

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The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as…

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Those who wish to attain God and progress in religious devotion, should particularly guard themselves against the snares of lust and wealth.…

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One cannot completely get rid of the six passions: lust, anger, greed, and the like. Therefore one should direct them to God.…

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Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious…

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