Author: Ramakrishna

Quotes

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

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

- Ramakrishna

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.

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.

- 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

When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.

When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.

- Ramakrishna

Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.

Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.

- Ramakrishna

If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.

If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.

- Ramakrishna

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

Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.

Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.

- Ramakrishna

Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.

Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.

- Ramakrishna

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