Ramakrishna Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.”

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

“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.”

“If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.”

“When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited.”

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

“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.”

“Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.”

“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.”

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