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

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

Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here.

Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here.

- Ramakrishna

It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.

It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.

- Ramakrishna

God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.

God is in all men, but all men are not in God; that is why we suffer.

- 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

When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.

When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them.

- 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

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