God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.
Quotations
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
Live in the world like a waterfowl. The water clings to the bird, but the bird shakes it off. Live in the world like a mudfish. The fish lives in the mud, but its skin is always bright and shiny.
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.’
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.
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.
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.
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.
