212 Quotes by Ramakrishna

When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.

Little children play with dolls in the outer room just as they like, without any care of fear or restraint; but as soon as their mother comes in, they throw aside their dolls and run to her crying, "Mamma, mamma." You too, are now playing in this material world, infatuated with the dolls of wealth, honour, fame, etc., If however, you once see your Divine Mother, you will not afterwards find pleasure in all these. Throwing them all aside, you will run to her.

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 a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent.

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.

It's enough to have faith in one aspect of God. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false.

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.

The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself.

At a certain stage in the path of devotion, the devotee finds satisfaction in God with form, and at another stage, in God without it.