Ramakrishna Quotes, Knowing Quotes, World Quotes

The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]

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It's enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form. That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real. Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.

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Pray to Him anyway you like, He can even hear the footfall of an ant.

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The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.

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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.

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As the snake is separate from its slough, even so is the Spirit separate from the body.

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Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.

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God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.

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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.

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You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises. Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God.

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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.

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The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward.

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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 mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.

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A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him.

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The goal of life is not the earning of money, but the service of God.p.114

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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.

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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.

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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 your power of discrimination awake.

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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.

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That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.

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