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
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
The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
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
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
Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing… — 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
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
