Ramakrishna Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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Once Dwight Eisenhower makes up his mind, he's full of indecision.
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Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.
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I ended up going to college for visual arts but moved up to New York after I graduated from college in 2006 and started going gung ho to the Upright Citizens Brigade, and I realized that that was what I was really interested in and what I really wanted to do.
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It's interesting to have two totally unlikable characters as the love interests on a show.
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And it's one thing to give people freedom and something else to deny the rights of Christians to assert their faith in order to keep Hindus from feeling upset.
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From my point of view, I'm a totally normal person! Really! I have a family. I have kids. I have a house... I don't have a dog.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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The first president I met was L. B. J.
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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You don't actually have control of the position people want you to be in. If they say, 'You king of the blacks,' you're king of the blacks - whether you like it or not.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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People who are truly horrible are often the most interesting people in the room. You look at them and just say, 'Why?'
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I am a very active audience member. I want to be moved. I want to be confronted. I want to feel.
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I am thinking about launching a wine website where there is a deal and the crowd can dictate how cheap it can get.
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Always, for me, when I am dealing with subjects related to my country that are very emotional, I have to find the right tone and distance because, obviously, I start with anger, asking 'why that happened' and 'why it is still happening.' I work to rise above my personal anger but still stay connected to my emotions. That's a big challenge.
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The force that makes the winter grow Its feathered hexagons of snow, and drives the bee to match at home Their calculated honeycomb, Is abacus and rose combined.An icy sweetness fills my mind, A sense that under thing and wing Lies, taut yet living, coiled, the spring.
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Most people will never know anything beyond what they see with their own two eyes.
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In matters concerning religion, I consider myself not a child but an adult with 35 years of experience.
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My son is in a band, and he's a singer, and his vocals... they're screaming-growling stuff... and he's got a pretty reasonable voice. Yet he practices really hard to get the screaming-growling thing without losing that voice every five minutes. So I'm, like, 'Hats off to you.'
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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.
