Ramakrishna quotes - page 6

All will certainly realize God if they are earnest and sincere. (Ramakrishna)
Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal, and you will also have bliss. View quote
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I gave up everything at Her feet but could not bring myself to give up truth. View quote
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After realizing God, one does not identify oneself any more with the body. Then one knows that body and soul are two different things. View quote
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Here is Thy righteousness and here is Thy unrighteousness. Take them both, Mother, and give me pure love. View quote
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Everyone is going toward God. They will all realize Him if they have sincerity and longing of heart. View quote
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The mind of a yogi is under his control; he is not under the control of his mind. View quote
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Water and a bubble on it are one and the same. The bubble has its birth in the water, floats on it, and is ultimately resolved into it. View quote
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Man cannot really help the world. God alone does that. View quote
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The inferior devotee says, "God is out there." View quote
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All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. (Ramakrishna)
The Master said: "Everything that exists is God." The pupil understood it literally, but not in the true spirit. View quote
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None of you has seen the elephant. View quote
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One can easily realize God if one is free from guile. View quote
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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. View quote
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All these names and forms are illusory, like a dream. What Brahman is cannot be described. View quote
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Visit not miracle-mongers and those who exhibit occult powers. These men are stragglers from the path of Truth. View quote
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Thou art the Whole, and I am a part. View quote
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Truth is one; only It is called by different names. View quote
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Thinking thus he did not move. At last the elephant took him up by his trunk, and dashed him aside. View quote
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His ideal is the union of the embodied soul and the Supreme Soul. (Ramakrishna)
The one essential thing is bhakti, loving devotion to God. View quote
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All right, you are God. The elephant is God also, but God in the shape of the elephant-driver was warning you also from above. Why did you not pay heed to his warnings? View quote
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The jnani, following the path of knowledge, always reason about the Reality saying, "not this, not this." Brahman is neither "this" nor "that"; It is neither the universe nor its living beings. Reasoning in this way, the mind becomes steady. View quote
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Suppose someone says that the thing is not "jal" but "pāni", or that it is not "pāni" but "water", or that it is not "water" but "jal", It would indeed be ridiculous. But this very thing is at the root of the friction among sects, their misunderstandings and quarrels. View quote
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