Ramakrishna Quotes, Water Quotes, Bird Quotes

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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The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again.

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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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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.

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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.

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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.

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You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world? First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not.

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If a man prays to Thee with a yearning heart, he can reach Thee, through Thy grace, by any path.

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The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves?

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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.

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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 to find the peace which is our essence.

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

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If you meditate on your ideal, you will acquire its nature. If you think of God day and night, you will acquire the nature of God.

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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.

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God laughs on two occasions. He laughs when the physician says to the patient's mother, 'Don't be afraid, mother; I shall certainly cure your boy.' God laughs, saying to Himself, 'I am going to take his life, and this man says he will save it!' The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each other, 'This side is mine and that side is yours.' He laughs and says to Himself, 'The whole universe belongs to Me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.'

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A devotee who can call on God while living a householder's life is a hero indeed. God thinks: 'He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties. He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle -- pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero.

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The vanities of all others may gradually die out, but the vanity of a saint regarding his sainthood is hard indeed to wear away.

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

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As for myself, I look upon all women as my Mother. This is a very pure attitude of mind. There is no risk or danger in it. To look upon a woman as one's sister is also not bad. But the other attitudes are very difficult and dangerous. It is almost impossible to keep to the purity of the ideal.

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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.

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