110+ Ramakrishna Quotes On Kali, Karma And Spiritual

Ramakrishna was an Indian mystic and spiritual leader in 19th-century Bengal. He was a major influence on the Hindu reform movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, and is seen as a key figure in the development of modern Hinduism. He is best known for his teachings on the unity of God and devotion to God through love, service, and contemplation. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Ramakrishna on kali, love, karma.

Top 10 Ramakrishna Quotes

1. All religions are true. God can be reached by different religions. Many rivers flow by many ways but they fall into the sea. They all are one.
2. The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.
3. The supreme purpose and goal for human life... is to cultivate love.
4. Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.
5. One cannot be spiritual as long as one has shame, hatred, or fear.
6. To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward.
7. The winds of grace blow all the time. All we need to do is set our sails.
8. Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
9. 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.
10. If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.

Ramakrishna Short Quotes

• The Man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself.
• Unless one always speaks the truth, one cannot find God Who is the soul of truth.
• The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek.
• The breeze of grace is always blowing; set your sail to catch that breeze.
• One day, it was suddenly revealed to me that everything is pure spirit.
• Man suffers through lack of faith in God.
• Honour both spirit and form, the sentiment within as well as the symbol without.
• Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
• So many religions, so many paths to reach the one and the same goal.
• Bondage and Liberation are of the mind alone.

Ramakrishna Quotes About Love

Do not be small minded. Do not pray for gourds and pumpkins from God, when you should be asking for pure love and pure knowledge to dawn within every heart. — Ramakrishna

Through selfless work, love of God grows in heart. — Ramakrishna

You should love everyone because God dwells in all beings. — Ramakrishna

Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you. — 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. — Ramakrishna

Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love. — Ramakrishna

Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move. They don't have to avoid evil. They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action. They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God. — Ramakrishna

The way of love is as true as the way of knowledge. All paths ultimately lead to the same Truth. But as long as God keeps the feeling of ego in us, it is easier to follow the path of love. — Ramakrishna

If you keep your heart immersed always in the depth of that holy love, your heart is sure to remain ever full to overflowing with the Divine fervour of sacred love. — Ramakrishna

Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal. — Ramakrishna

Ramakrishna Quotes About Spiritual

If you spent one-tenth of the time you devoted to distractions like chasing women or making money to spiritual practice, you would be enlightened in a few years. — Ramakrishna

You speak of doing good to the world. Is the world such a small thing? And who are you, pray, to do good to the world? First realise God, see Him by means of spiritual discipline. If He imparts power you can do good to others; otherwise not. — Ramakrishna

Man needs a guru. But a man must have faith in the guru's words. He succeeds in spiritual life by looking on his guru as God Himself. — Ramakrishna

As the shell, the pith and the kernel of the fruit are all produced form one parent seed of the tree, so from the one Lord is produced the whole of creation, animate and inanimate, spiritual and material. — Ramakrishna

A boat may stay in water, but water should not stay in boat. A spiritual aspirant may live in the world, but the world should not live within him. — Ramakrishna

Spirituality automatically leads to humility. When a flower develops into a fruit, the petals drop off on its own. When one becomes spiritual, the ego vanishes gradually on its own. A tree laden with fruits always bends low. Humility is a sign of greatness. — Ramakrishna

Ramakrishna Quotes About Inspiring

Only two kinds of people can attain self-knowledge: those who are not encumbered at all with learning, that is to say, whose minds are not over-crowded with thoughts borrowed from others; and those who, after studying all the scriptures and sciences, have come to realise that they know nothing. — Ramakrishna

The winds of God's grace are always blowing, it is for us to raise our sails. — Ramakrishna

When the flower blooms, the bees come uninvited. — Ramakrishna

Whoever wants God intensely, finds Him. Go and verify it in your own life. — Ramakrishna

One man may read the Bhagavata by the light of a lamp, and another may commit a forgery by that very light; but the lamp is unaffected. The sun sheds its light on the wicked as well as on the virtuous. — Ramakrishna

As for myself, I look upon all women as my Mother. This is a very pure attitude of mind. There is no risk or danger in it. To look upon a woman as one's sister is also not bad. But the other attitudes are very difficult and dangerous. It is almost impossible to keep to the purity of the ideal. — Ramakrishna

Ramakrishna Quotes About World

So long as one does not become simple like a child, one does not get divine illumination. Forget all the worldly knowledge that thou hast acquired and become as a child, and then will thou get the divine wisdom. — Ramakrishna

The fabled musk deer searches the world over for the source of the scent which comes from itself. — Ramakrishna

The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth. — 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. — Ramakrishna

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. — Ramakrishna

It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable. In the same way the pleasures of this world are very attractive in the beginning, but their consequences are terrible to contemplate and hard to endure. — Ramakrishna

These people are like ... a frog living in a well, who has never seen the outside world. He knows only his well, so he will not believe that there is such a thing as the world. Likewise, people talk so much about the world because they have not known the joy of God. — Ramakrishna

If there are errors in other religions, that is none of our business. God, to whom the world belongs, takes care of that. — Ramakrishna

The sun can give heat and light to the whole world, but he cannot do so when the clouds shut out his rays. Similarly as long as egotism veils the heart, God cannot shine upon it. — Ramakrishna

Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot. — Ramakrishna

Ramakrishna Quotes About True

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. — 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. — Ramakrishna

If you first fortify yourself with the true knowledge of the Universal Self, and then live in the midst of wealth and worldliness, surely they will in no way affect you. — Ramakrishna

That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else is only a negation of Knowledge. — Ramakrishna

The ordinary man says in his ignorance, "My religion is the sole religion, my religion is the best." But when his heart is illuminated by the true knowledge, he knows that beyond all the battles of sects and of sectaries presides the one, indivisible, eternal and omnipresent Benediction. — Ramakrishna

It's enough to have faith in one aspect of God. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. — Ramakrishna

Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, you will find nothing (no true religion) anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here (i .e . in one 's own heart.) — Ramakrishna

It is true that God is even in the tiger, but we must not go and face the animal. So it is true that God dwells even in the most wicked, but it is not meet that we should associate with the wicked. — Ramakrishna

Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic. — Ramakrishna

Ramakrishna Famous Quotes And Sayings

One should not think, 'My religion alone is the right path and other religions are false.' God can be realized by means of all paths. It is enough to have sincere yearning for God. Infinite are the paths and infinite are the opinions. — Ramakrishna

The magnetic needle always points to the north, and hence it is that sailing vessel does not lose her direction. So long as the heart of man is directed towards God, he cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness. — Ramakrishna

Sunlight is one and the same wherever it falls; but only a bright surface like that of water, or of a mirror reflects it fully. So is the light Divine. It falls equally and impartially on all hearts, but the pure and pious hearts of holy men receive and reflect that light well. — Ramakrishna

Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures. After that, what is the need of books? One should learn the essence and then dive deep in order to realize God. — Ramakrishna

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. — Ramakrishna

It's enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have faith in God without form. That is very good. But never get into your head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also real. Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you. — Ramakrishna

Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift the good from the bad. — Ramakrishna

The breeze of grace is always blowing on you. You have to open the sails and your boat will move forward. — Ramakrishna

The young bamboo can be easily bent, but the full grown bamboo breaks when it is bent with force. It is easy to bend the young heart towards God, but the untrained heart of the old escapes the hold whenever it is so drawn. — Ramakrishna

Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God. — Ramakrishna

Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action. — Ramakrishna

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

When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low. — Ramakrishna

Bhakti is the one essential thing. To be sure, God exists in all beings. Who, then is a devotee? He whose mind dwells on God. But this is not possible as long as one has egotism and vanity. The water of God's grace cannot collect on the high mound of egotism. It runs down. — Ramakrishna

When an unbaked pot is broken, the potter can use the mud to make a new one; but when a baked one is broken, he cannot do the same any longer. So when a person dies in a state of ignorance, he is born again; but when he becomes well baked in the fire of true knowledge and dies a perfect man, he is not born again. — Ramakrishna

The truth is that you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire. Subtle is the way of dharma. If you are trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out. — Ramakrishna

If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them. — Ramakrishna

You see many stars in the sky at night, but not when the sun rises. Can you therefore say that there are no stars in the heavens during the day? Because you cannot find God in the days of your ignorance, say not that there is no God. — Ramakrishna

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. — Ramakrishna

Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red, that of another blue, and that of the third black; but all contain the same cotton within. So it is with man; one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy, and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all. — Ramakrishna

You should not feel that your path is the only right path and that other paths are wrong. You mustn't bear malice toward others. — Ramakrishna

All will surely realize God. All will be liberated. It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evening; but none will go without food. All, without any exception, will certainly know their real Self. — Ramakrishna

The fool who repeats again and again: "I am bound, I am bound," remains in bondage. He who repeats day and night: "I am a sinner, I am a sinner," becomes a sinner indeed. — Ramakrishna

As a piece of rope, when burnt, retains its form, but cannot serve to bind, so is the ego which is burnt by the fire of supreme Knowledge. — Ramakrishna

Imagine a limitless expanse of water: above and below, before and behind, right and left, everywhere there is water. In that water is placed a jar filled with water. There is water inside the jar and water outside, but the jar is still there. The 'I' is the jar. — Ramakrishna

God has revealed to me that only the Paramatman, whom the Vedas describe as the Pure Soul, is as immutable as Mount Sumeru, unattached, and beyond pain and pleasure. There is much confusion in this world of His maya. One can by no means say that 'this' will come after 'that' or 'this' will produce 'that'. — Ramakrishna

A truly religious man should think that other religions also have many paths leading to the truth. One should always maintain an attitude of respect towards other religions. Dispute not, as you rest firmly on your own faith and opinion, allow others also equal liberty to stand by their own faith and opinion. — Ramakrishna

When the fruit appears the blossom drops off. Love of God is the fruit, and rituals are the blossom. — Ramakrishna

A devotee who can call on God while living a householder's life is a hero indeed. God thinks: 'He is blessed indeed who prays to me in the midst of his worldly duties. He is trying to find me, overcoming a great obstacle -- pushing away, as it were, a huge block of stone weighing a ton. Such a man is a real hero. — Ramakrishna

If a white cloth is stained even with a small spot, the stain appears very ugly indeed. So the smallest fault of a holy man becomes painfully prominent. — Ramakrishna

We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our efforts to find the peace which is our essence. — Ramakrishna

You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion... different temperaments... differences in the capacity to comprehend. — Ramakrishna

The waves belong to the Ganges, not the Ganges to the waves. A man cannot realize God unless he gets rid of all such egotistic ideas as "I am such an important man" or "I am so and so". Level the mound of "I" to the ground by dissolving it with tears of devotion. — Ramakrishna

As the snake is separate from its slough, even so is the Spirit separate from the body. — Ramakrishna

A man develops a subtle power as a result of the strict observance of celibacy for twelve years. Then he can understand and grasp very subtle things which otherwise elude his intellect. Through that understanding the aspirant can have direct vision of God. That pure understanding alone enables him to realize Truth. — Ramakrishna

Who may be called a paramahamsa? He who, like a swan, can take the milk from a mixture of milk and water, leaving aside the water. He who, like an ant, can take the sugar from a mixture of sugar and sand, leaving aside the sand. — Ramakrishna

Men bound hand and foot in the endless chain of cause & effect cannot free each other. — Ramakrishna

Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone. — Ramakrishna

With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions. The Vaishnavas will realize God, and so will the Saktas, the Vedantists, and the Brahmos. The Mussalmans and Christians will realize Him too. All will certainly realize God if they are earnest and sincere. — Ramakrishna

He who is called Krishna is also Siva and the Primal Sakti...He again, who is called Jesus and Allah. Truth is one. — Ramakrishna

Brahman is beyond mind and speech, beyond concentration and meditation, beyond the knower, the known and knowledge, beyond even the conception of the real and unreal. In short, It is beyond all relativity. — Ramakrishna

If you feel proud, let it be in the thought that you are the servant of God, the son of God. Great men have the nature of a child. They are always a child before Him; so they are free from pride. All their strength is of God and not their own. It belongs to Him and comes from Him. — Ramakrishna

The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As they leave the room they simply ask the patient to take the medicine. They are the poorest class of physicians. — Ramakrishna

At a certain stage in the path of devotion, the devotee finds satisfaction in God with form, and at another stage, in God without it. — Ramakrishna

As for me, I consider myself as a speck of the dust of the devotee's feet. — Ramakrishna

When the head of a goat is severed from its body, the trunk struggles for some time, still showing signs of life. Similarly, though ahamkara (egotism) is slain in the perfect man, yet enough of its vitality is left to make him carry on the functions of physical life; but it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world. — Ramakrishna

Those who wish to attain God and progress in religious devotion, should particularly guard themselves against the snares of lust and wealth. Otherwise they can never attain perfection. — Ramakrishna

How long do small girls play with their dolls? As long as they are not married and do not live with their husbands. After marriage they put the dolls away in a box. What further need is there of worshipping the image after the vision of God? — Ramakrishna

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

The vanities of all others may gradually die out, but the vanity of a saint regarding his sainthood is hard indeed to wear away. — Ramakrishna

One cannot completely get rid of the six passions: lust, anger, greed, and the like. Therefore one should direct them to God. If you must have desire and greed, then you should desire love of God and be greedy to attain Him. — Ramakrishna

With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions. — Ramakrishna

I have now come to a stage of realization in which I see that God is walking in every human form and manifesting Himself alike through the sage and the sinner, the virtuous and the vicious. Therefore when I meet different people I say to myself, “God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous. — Ramakrishna

The ego is like the root of a banyan tree, you think you have removed it all then one fine morning you see a sprout flourishing again. — Ramakrishna

Knowledge leads to unity, but ignorance to diversity. — Ramakrishna

One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God. — Ramakrishna

God in the form of the saint, God in the form of the sinner, God in the form of the righteous, God in the form of the unrighteous. — Ramakrishna

Right discrimination is of two kinds analytical and synthetical. The first leads one from the phenomena to the Absolute Brahman, while by the second one knows how the Absolute Brahman appears as the universe. — Ramakrishna

God cannot be realizxd if there is the slightest trace of pride. — Ramakrishna

Life Lessons by Ramakrishna

1. Ramakrishna taught that the path to enlightenment is through devotion and service to others, emphasizing the importance of love, compassion, and selflessness.
2. He also stressed the importance of living a life of simplicity and contentment, and of accepting all religions and paths as valid.
3. His teachings emphasize the power of spiritual practice, the need to surrender to the divine, and the importance of living a life of harmony and balance.