Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone. Ramakrishna on alone
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 on faith
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 on fear
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. Ramakrishna on freedom
If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God. Ramakrishna on god
One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God. Ramakrishna on god
God is in all men, but all men are not in God that is why we suffer. Ramakrishna on god
God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God. Ramakrishna on god
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 on god
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 on god
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 on 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. Ramakrishna on god
God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God. Ramakrishna on good
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 on knowledge
God is in all men, but all men are not in God that is why we suffer. Ramakrishna on men
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 on relationship
It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it. Ramakrishna on religion
Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here. Ramakrishna on travel
The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth. Ramakrishna on truth
One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God. Ramakrishna on truth