212 Quotes by Ramakrishna

Let’s not go into the past.

Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal, and you will also have bliss. The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and obscured by ignorance. The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .

There is no hope for a worldly man if he is not sincerely devoted to God.

It is necessary to pray to Him, with a longing Heart.

Dislodging a green nut from it’s shell is almost impossible, but let it dry and the lightest tap will do it.

It is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God. In front of the door of God’s mansion lies the stump of ego. One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.

You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn’t bear malice toward others.

One should not think, ‘My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.’ God can be realized by means of all paths. It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions.

Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within. So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.