Ramakrishna Quotes


God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God. Ramakrishna Everywhere 122
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. Ramakrishna Books 115
The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself. Ramakrishna Comes 89
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. Ramakrishna Bamboo 86
Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally. Ramakrishna Acquires 81
To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end. Ramakrishna Attachment 79
Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here. Ramakrishna Travel 74
If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you. Ramakrishna Knowledge 71
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. Ramakrishna Spiritual 63
God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer. Ramakrishna Men 62
Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached. Ramakrishna Approached 60
It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it. Ramakrishna Religion 56
One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God. Ramakrishna God 55
As long as I live so long do I learn. Ramakrishna Spiritual 54
Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth. Ramakrishna God 53
When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low. Ramakrishna Appear 51
The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As they leave the room they simply ask the patient to take the medicine. They are the poorest class of physicians. Ramakrishna Ask 50
Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone. Ramakrishna Alone 47
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. Ramakrishna Faith 43
Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal. Ramakrishna Essential 42
Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day. Ramakrishna Attachment 41
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. Ramakrishna Activism 41
Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house. Ramakrishna Body 38
If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God. Ramakrishna God 38
Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you. Ramakrishna Course 32
A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything. Ramakrishna Agent 31
More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him. Ramakrishna Approached 30
One man may read the Bhagavata by the light of a lamp and another may commit a forgery by that very light but the lamp is unaffected. The sun sheds its light on the wicked as well as on the virtuous. Ramakrishna Spiritual 24

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