Sri Ramakrishna Quotes
Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was a Bengali Hindu mystic and religious teacher and one of the most influential religious figures of nineteenth-century India. As the principal priest at the Dakshineswar temple to the Goddess Kali outside Calcutta, he experienced a long succession of intense religious states and devoted himself in turn to the practices of several Hindu schools, of Islam, and of Christianity, concluding from each that all genuine religions lead to the same goal. The quotes below are attributed to Sri Ramakrishna, organized by topic.
Sri Ramakrishna on God
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Attributed to Sri Ramakrishna:
“All religions lead to the same goal.”
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Attributed to Sri Ramakrishna:
“The wind of God's grace is always blowing; we have only to raise our sails.”
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Attributed to Sri Ramakrishna:
“God is realized through love, not through knowledge alone.”
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Attributed to Sri Ramakrishna:
“The same water is called by different names in different languages, but the substance is the same.”
Sri Ramakrishna on Knowledge
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Attributed to Sri Ramakrishna:
“As long as I live, so long do I learn.”