Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures.… — 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
One should not think, 'My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.' God can be realized by means… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal. So it is… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Make your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
It is not lust alone that one should be afraid of in the life of the world. There is also anger. Anger… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Those who wish to attain God and progress in religious devotion, should particularly guard themselves against the snares of lust and wealth.… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn't bear malice… — 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
Do not be small minded. Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love… — 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
