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> [The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force. It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/the-young-bamboo-can-be-easily-bent-but-the-full-grown-bamboo-breaks/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

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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 it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/god-can-be-realized-through-all-paths-all-religions-are-true-the/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

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## More by Ramakrishna

> [One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/one-must-be-very-particular-about-telling-the-truth-through-truth-one/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

> [It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable. In the same way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/it-is-very-pleasant-to-scratch-an-itching-ring-worm-but-the-sensation/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

> [By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. ... He who asserts with strong conviction: "I am not bound, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/by-the-mind-one-is-bound-by-the-mind-one-is-freed-he-who-asserts-with/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

> [So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/so-long-as-the-bee-is-outside-the-petals-of-the-lily-and-has-not/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

> [God had created the world in play.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/god-had-created-the-world-in-play/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

> [Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/sugar-and-sand-may-be-mixed-together-but-the-ant-rejects-the-sand-and/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

> [The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/the-world-is-impermanent-one-should-constantly-remember-death/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

> [Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss. The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/meditate-upon-the-knowledge-and-bliss-eternal-and-you-will-also-have/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

> [As for me, I consider myself as a speck of the dust of the devotee's feet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/as-for-me-i-consider-myself-as-a-speck-of-the-dust-of-the-devotee-s/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

> [We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/we-laugh-at-the-efforts-of-the-musk-deer-to-find-the-source-of-the/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

> [Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures. After that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/too-much-study-of-the-scriptures-does-more-harm-than-good-the/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

> [God has created the world in play, as it were.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/god-has-created-the-world-in-play-as-it-were/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

> [One cannot completely get rid of the six passions: lust, anger, greed, and the like. Therefore one should direct them to God. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/one-cannot-completely-get-rid-of-the-six-passions-lust-anger-greed/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

> [It's enough to have faith in one aspect of God. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/it-s-enough-to-have-faith-in-one-aspect-of-god-but-never-get-into/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

> [The supreme purpose and goal for human life... is to cultivate love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ramakrishna/the-supreme-purpose-and-goal-for-human-life-is-to-cultivate-love/)

[Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ramakrishna/)

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