Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

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..... It is the power of Brahman in man that causes the mind and the

intellect and the senses to perform their functions; and when that

power ceases to act, these also stop work.

 

A man who spends his time in discussing the good and bad qualities

of others simply wastes his own time. For it is time spent neither

in thinking about one's own self nor about the Supreme Self, but in

fruitless thinking of others' seles.

 

Be not a traitor to your thoughts. Be sincere, act according to your

thoughts; and you shall surely succeed. Pray with a sincere and

simple heart, and your prayers will be heard.

 

One is safe to live in the world, if one has Viveka (discrimination

of the Real from the unreal), and Vairagya (disapssion), and along

with these intense devotion to God.

 

The magnetic needle always points to the North, and hence it is that

the 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.