Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the… — 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
Who may be called a paramahamsa? He who, like a swan, can take the milk from a mixture of milk and water,… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water… — 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
If you keep your heart immersed always in the ocean of divine love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to… — 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
Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Take the case of the infinite ocean. There is no limit to its water. Suppose a pot is immersed in it: there… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee? He whose mind… — 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
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
![“Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake. Some drink it at one place and call it 'jal', others at another place and call it 'pani', and still others at a third place and call it 'water'…” quote by Ramakrishna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/23c/ramakrishna-2451_brahman_different-people-call-on-god-by-differen_1379769.jpg)
