Ramakrishna Quotes
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A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agen
Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son
Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the u
God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach
God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good a
God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.
If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices wit
If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in th
If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.
If you want to go east, don't go west.
It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the
Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make o
More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached
One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature c
The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from
The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As
The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and tak
Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize hi
To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any puni
Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever th
Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relativ
When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of go
When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.
and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
of God who can bind me' free you shall be.
se of the house.
the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a ro
s worshipping God.
hout wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain
midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you.
vision of God.
e religious.
. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.
mforts may become less and less every day.
itself.
hey leave the room they simply ask the patient to take the medicine. They are the poorest
the truth.
m in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.
ishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end.
re is, is only here.
es and friends. One retains only compassion for them.
d and bad, or of high and low.
pe. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.
ill otherwise be muddled.
lass of physicians.