If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them. — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
If a man prays to Thee with a yearning heart, he can reach Thee, through Thy grace, by any path. — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma.… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
If you feel proud, let it be in the thought that you are the servant of God, the son of God. Great… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions. The Vaishnavas will realize God, and so will the Saktas, the… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
One cannot completely get rid of the six passions: lust, anger, greed, and the like. Therefore one should direct them to God.… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
God reveals Himself to a devotee who feels drawn to Him by the combined force of these three attractions: the attraction of… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Dwell, O mind, within yourself; Enter no other's home. If you but seek there, you will find All you are searching for.… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God. — Ramakrishna Copy Share
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… — Ramakrishna Copy Share
By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. ... He who asserts with strong conviction: "I am not bound, I… — Ramakrishna Copy Share
So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around… — Ramakrishna Copy Share
Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift… — Ramakrishna Copy Share
Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss. The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and… — Ramakrishna Copy Share
We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our… — Ramakrishna Copy Share
Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures. After that,… — Ramakrishna Copy Share
One cannot completely get rid of the six passions: lust, anger, greed, and the like. Therefore one should direct them to God. If you… — Ramakrishna Copy Share
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… — Ramakrishna Copy Share
