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“It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal. So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Animal #Wicked #Faces
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“As long as I live, so long do I learn.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Long
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“God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Inspirational #Men #Suffering
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“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. It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Mean #Thinking #Religion
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“God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Important #Bamboo #Stones
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“Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Son #Soul #Mind
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“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. So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Fall #Heart #Men
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“The winds of God's grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Wind #Grace #Sail
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“Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Attachment #Names #May
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“The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Selfish #Men #Doe
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“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 nature of a child. They are always a child before Him; so they are free from pride. All their strength is of God and not their own. It belongs to Him and comes from Him.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Children #Pride #Son
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“Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.”
-- Ramakrishna
#House #Soul #Body
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“If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.”
-- Ramakrishna
#God #Mad #World
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“Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own. When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Spiritual #Wisdom #Flower
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“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 of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Ocean #Heart #Men
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“Do yourself what you wish others to do.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Wish
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“An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive”
-- Ramakrishna
#Ocean #Rain #Heaven
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“The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Wind #Grace #Sail
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“When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Inspirational #Flower #Bees
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“More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Hypocrite #Names #May
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“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. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Heart #Talking #Grace
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“When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Vision #Divine #Lows
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“When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Fruit #God Love #Ritual
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“The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Heart #Light #Clouds
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“Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Heart #Selfless #God Love
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“If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Errors #World #Care
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“The supreme purpose and goal for human life... is to cultivate love.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Goal #Purpose #Life Is
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“Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Path #Different #Creeds
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“The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Determination #Grace #Breeze
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“Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.”
-- Ramakrishna
#Essentials #God Love #Unreal
