Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

"When you have real knowledge, you lose the ego of knowledge."

"Truth is eternal, but it must be clothed in new language for every generation."

"The goal of life is to know God, to attain Him; all other things are but trifles."

"Worldly life is like a river, and the Lord is the ocean. All must eventually merge into Him."

"The man who has acquired discriminative knowledge does not discriminate."

"To love one and all is the highest virtue."

"The fruit of knowledge is love, and the fruit of love is service."

"Only he who has renounced everything can enjoy everything."

"The divine dwells within every heart; seek Him there."

"When the mind becomes pure, it becomes one with God."

"The goal of a human being is union with the Divine."

"As a mother plays with her children, so the Lord sports with the universe."

"True knowledge consists in knowing oneself."

"The greatest teaching is silence when the heart is overflowing with love."

"When the lotus of the heart opens, the honey-bee of the soul comes to it."

"All faiths are the same; they lead to the same destination."

"To know God, one must become simple like a child."

"The more you love, the nearer you come to God."

"Life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit."

"The eternal ocean plays in the form of waves and bubbles."

"When attachment leaves the heart, divine love enters."

"The jnani sees only the Infinite in all finite things."

"True wealth lies in contentment, not in possessions."

"The path to God is as different for each man as his face."

"Remain always cheerful; this is the best way to please the Divine."

"Do not seek illumination without understanding the stages of the path."

"When the heart loves, the whole universe becomes beautiful."

"The Divine is like an infinite ocean of bliss and consciousness."

"True prayer is not asking for something but the yearning of the heart."

"Every soul is potentially divine; the goal is to manifest this divinity within."