Life: February 18, 1836 - August 16, 1886
Birthday: February 18
Death: August 16
The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force. It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.
source: "Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna", p. 233, 1960.
topic: Heart, Bamboo, Easy, Young At Heart