Ramakrishna Quotes
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That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge.
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It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.
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He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realise God in this very life
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When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom.
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As a boy holding to a post or a pillar whirls about it with headlong speed without any fear or falling, so perform your worldly duties, fixing your hold firmly upon God, and you will be free from danger.
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The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself.
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The nearer you come to God, the less you are disposed to questioning and reasoning. When you actually attain Him, when you behold Him as the reality, then all noise, all disputations, come to an end.
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The Pure Mind and the Pure Ātman are one and the same thing. Whatever comes up in the Pure Mind is the voice of God.
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Whether you accept Rādhā and Krishna, or not, please do accept their attraction for each other. Try to create that same yearning in your heart for God. Yearning is all you need in order to realize Him.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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If you want to go east, don't go west.
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The waves belong to the Ganges, not the Ganges to the waves. A man cannot realize God unless he gets rid of all such egotistic ideas as 'I am such an important man' or 'I am so and so'. Level the mound of 'I' to the ground by dissolving it with tears of devotion.
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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.
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When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.
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If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that.
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It is not good for ordinary people to say, 'I am He.' The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves? The upshot of the whole thing is that, no matter what path you follow, yoga is impossible unless the mind becomes quiet. The mind of a yogi is under his control; he is not under the control of his mind.
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God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
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One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
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I have no disciple. I am the servant of the servant of Rama.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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Do yourself what you wish others to do.
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Brahman is beyond mind and speech, beyond concentration and meditation, beyond the knower, the known and knowledge, beyond even the conception of the real and unreal. In short, It is beyond all relativity.
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As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge.
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It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable. In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure.