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
As the shell, the pith and the kernel of the fruit are all produced form one parent seed of the tree, so… — 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
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
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
Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don't have to avoid evil. They are so replete… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own. When one becomes… — 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
