Ramakrishna Quotes

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• Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don't have to avoid evil. They are so replete with love that…
• Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen.…
• The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
• We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts…
• The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
• One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
• One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
• An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
• If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of…
• So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around the…
• A man develops a subtle power as a result of the strict observance of celibacy for twelve years. Then he can understand and grasp very…
• As for myself, I look upon all women as my Mother. This is a very pure attitude of mind. There is no risk or danger…
• The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction. So long as the heart…
• What is the use of merely listening to lectures? The real thing is practice.
• If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
• The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.
• With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions. The Vaishnavas will realize God, and so will the Saktas, the Vedantists, and the…
• As the snake is separate from its slough, even so is the Spirit separate from the body.
• That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
• God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient's mother, 'Don't be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.'…

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