“Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here.”
— Ramakrishna
Author: Ramakrishna
Category: travel
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To work without attachment is to work
“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
Author: Ramakrishna
Category: fear
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If you desire to be pure, have
“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
Author: Ramakrishna
Category: faith
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To work without attachment is to work
“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
Author: Ramakrishna
Category: work
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If you must be mad, be it
“If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.”
— Ramakrishna
Author: Ramakrishna
Category: god
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One must be very particular about telling
“One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.”
— Ramakrishna
Author: Ramakrishna
Category: god
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Work, apart from devotion or love of
“Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone.”
— Ramakrishna
Author: Ramakrishna
Category: alone
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Through selfless work, love of God grows
“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
Author: Ramakrishna
Category: time
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A man is truly free, even here
“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
Author: Ramakrishna
Category: god
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It is easy to talk on religion,
“It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.”
— Ramakrishna
Author: Ramakrishna
Category: religion
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Pray to God that your attachment to
“Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.”
— Ramakrishna
Author: Ramakrishna
Category: god
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