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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The difference between science and religion is the difference between a willingness to dispassionately consider new evidence and new arguments, and a passionate unwillingness to do so.
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To be fair, I don't have a lot of clothes and you know, Einstein had the same outfit, five different times because he didn't want to spend energy trying to decide what to wear every day. It's pointless. I have a shirt that I wear when I'm not on stage and then I have a sweaty shirt that is so disgusting it would blow your mind.
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The ANC party from time to time comes with legislation which, if accepted and if not nullified by the constitution of court, would have the effect of undermining the constitution and eroding its values.
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I remember wanting to do something about that enormous-faced wristwatch she was wearing - perhaps suggest that she try wearing it around her waist.
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Every historian has informally an anthropology, without ever using the word.
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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.
