212 Quotes by Ramakrishna

Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don’t have to avoid evil. They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action. They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God.

An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive.

All troubles come to an end when the ego dies.

The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force. It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn.

Why should you renounce everything? You are all right as you are, following the middle...

The fool who repeats again and again: “I am bound, I am bound,” remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: “I am a sinner, I am a sinner,” becomes a sinner indeed.

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.

If you want to go east, don’t go west.

The compassion that you see in the kindhearted is God’s compassion. He has given it to them to protect the helpless.