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

If you must be mad, be it not for the things of the world. Be mad with the love of God.

— Ramakrishna

If you want to go east, don't go west.

— Ramakrishna

It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it.

— Ramakrishna

Let's not go into the past.

— Ramakrishna

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

— Ramakrishna

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

— 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 realize Him.

— Ramakrishna

One man may read the Bhagavan 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

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

— Ramakrishna