So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious… — 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
When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
A man develops a subtle power as a result of the strict observance of celibacy for twelve years. Then he can understand… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life.… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
A devotee who can call on God while living a householder's life is a hero indeed. God thinks: 'He is blessed indeed… — 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
God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient's mother, 'Don't be afraid, mother; I shall certainly… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru's words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
The waves belong to the Ganges, not the Ganges to the waves. A man cannot realize God unless he gets rid of… — 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
A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth. One should always maintain an… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
The ordinary man says in his ignorance, "My religion is the sole religion, my religion is the best." But when his heart… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Men bound hand and foot in the endless chain of cause & effect cannot free each other. — 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
A bath in Ganges undoubtedly absolves one of all sins; but what does that avail? They say that the sins perch on… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction. So long… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God. — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
As for me, I consider myself as a speck of the dust of the devotee's feet. — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
