One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God.
Quotations
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
God laughs when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each other, ‘This side is mine and that side is yours.’ He laughs and says to Himself, ‘The whole universe belongs to me, but they say they own this portion or that portion.’
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. One must practice the virtues taught in such books in order to acquire love of God.
Bondage is of the mind; freedom too is of the mind. If you say ‘I am a free soul. I am a son of God who can bind me' free you shall be.
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.
Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn, out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of 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.
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.
When divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
