Author: Ramakrishna

Quotes

Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God.

Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God.

- Ramakrishna

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.

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

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 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.

- Ramakrishna

God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.

God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.

- Ramakrishna

The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.

The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.

- Ramakrishna

One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.

One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.

- Ramakrishna

When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.

When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.

- Ramakrishna

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.

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

More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.

More are the names of God and infinite are the forms through which He may be approached. In whatever name and form you worship Him, through them you will realise Him.

- Ramakrishna

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