Ramakrishna's Quotes
“Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning, that is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing.”
“As long as I live, so long do I learn.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.”
“What Brahman is cannot be described. All things in the world — the Vedas, the Puranas, the Tantras, the six systems of philosophy — have been defiled, like food that has been touched by the tongue, for they have been read or uttered by the tongue. Only one thing has not been defiled in this way, and that is Brahman. No one has ever been able to say what Brahman is.”
“Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.”
“God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.”
“Finish the few duties you have at hand, and then you will have peace.”
“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.”
“The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.”
“Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.”
“God has revealed to me that only the Paramatman, whom the Vedas describe as the Pure Soul, is as immutable as Mount Sumeru, unattached, and beyond pain and pleasure. There is much confusion in this world of His maya. One can by no means say that 'this' will come after 'that' or 'this' will produce 'that'.”
“Do not seek illumination unless you seek it as a man whose hair is on fire seeks a pond.”
“The winds of God's grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails.”
“Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart.”
“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.”
“The goal of life is not the earning of money, but the service of God."
“As Long As I Live, So Long Do I Learn”
“Do all your duties, but keep your mind on God"
“It is necessary to pray to Him, with a longing Heart.”
“When divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.”
“God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.”
“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.”
“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.”
“If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.”
“Why should you renounce everything? You are all right as you are, following the middle...”
“Can he rectify false weight whose own scales are uncertain? Can you enlighten your neighbor while you yourself have no light?”
“Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say 'I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be.”
“Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.”
“It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.”
“Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.”
“Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.”
“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.”
“There is no hope for a worldly man if he is not sincerely devoted to God.”
“If a householder is a genuine devotee, he performs his duties without attachment; he surrenders the fruit of his work to God - his gain or loss, his pleasure or pain. Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Abridged)”
“When the flower blooms
The bees come uninvited.”
“He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.”
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