Ramakrishna Quotes

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• One cannot attain divine knowledge till one gets rid of pride. Water does not stay on the top of a mound; but into low land…
• Do yourself what you wish others to do.
• All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some…
• Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
• Take the case of the infinite ocean. There is no limit to its water. Suppose a pot is immersed in it: there is water both…
• Many people think they cannot have knowledge or understanding of God without reading books. But hearing is better than reading, and seeing is better than…
• The grace of God is a wind which is always blowing.
• How long do small girls play with their dolls? As long as they are not married and do not live with their husbands. After marriage…
• The vanities of all others may gradually die out, but the vanity of a saint regarding his sainthood is hard indeed to wear away.
• Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a…
• Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully.…
• As a toy fruit or a toy elephant reminds one of the real fruit and the living animal, so do the images that are worshipped…
• Live like a mud-fish: its skin is bright and shiny even though it lives in mud.
• The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma. If you are…
• Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.
• These people are like ... a frog living in a well, who has never seen the outside world. He knows only his well, so he…
• You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings.
• The fool who repeats again and again: "I am bound, I am bound," remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: "I am a…
• God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride.
• Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift the…

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