Ramakrishna Quotes

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• By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. ... He who asserts with strong conviction: "I am not bound, I am…
• So many religions, so many paths to reach the one and the same goal.
• It is the mind that makes one wise or ignorant, bound or emancipated.
• Dislodging a green nut from it's shell is almost impossible, but let it dry and the lightest tap will do it.
• A devotee who can call on God while living a householder's life is a hero indeed. God thinks: 'He is blessed indeed who prays to…
• God had created the world in play.
• One should not think, 'My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.' God can be realized by means of all paths.…
• The rishis of old attained the Knowledge of Brahman. One cannot have this so long as there is the slightest trace of worldliness. How hard…
• If you keep your heart immersed always in the ocean of divine love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the…
• At a certain stage in the path of devotion, the devotee finds satisfaction in God with form, and at another stage, in God without it.
• As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire…
• The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?
• It's enough to have faith in one aspect of God. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other…
• Great men have the nature of a child.
• Infinite are the paths and infinite the opinions.
• Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity.
• Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a…
• When you meditate, go into the solitude of a forest, or a quiet corner, and enter into the chamber of your heart. And always keep…
• With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions.
• You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion... different temperaments... differences in the capacity to comprehend.

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