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From Quotes by Ramakrishna
- The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself.
- If you feel proud, let it be in the thought that you are the servant of God, the son of God. Great men have the…
- 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…
- An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive
- As the snake is separate from its slough, even so is the Spirit separate from the body.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Dislodging a green nut from it's shell is almost impossible, but let it dry and the lightest tap will do it.
- 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…
- Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.
- Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning, that is to say, whose minds are not…
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