Sri Ramakrishna

"To one who thinks of the beauty of God, the beauty of even Rambha and
Tilottama appears as but the ashes of a funeral pyre."
"Are father and mother mere trifles? No spiritual practice will bear fruit unless
they are pleased."
"He who has renounced the pleasure of a wife has verily renounced the
pleasure of the world. God is very near to such a person."
"O God, Thou art the Doer and I am only an instrument; Thou art the Operator
and I am the machine."
"The aim of human birth is to love God. Realize that love and be at peace."
"Suppose a bad woman wants to drag you from the path of righteousness. You
must then assume the heroic attitude and say: 'What? You witch! You dare
injure my spiritual
life? I shall cut your body in two right now.'"
"The Mother said to me, 'The essence of the Vedanta is that Brahman alone is
real and the world illusory'."
"There is no use in giving up God and feeling depressed from thinking about
others."
"You can be united with God through any action provided that, performing it,
you give up all desire for its result."
"The world is impermanent. One should constantly remember death."
"I said that there was nothing greater than the bhakti that sought no end and
had no selfish motive."
"A woman is, no doubt, a part of the Divine Mother. But as far as a man is
concerned, especially a sannyasi or a devotee of God, she is to be shunned."
"Therefore a man should act in such a way that he may have bhakti for the
Lotus Feet of God and love God as his very own."
"You seem to have no strength, no grit. You are as mushy as flattened rice
soaked in milk. Be up and doing! Gird your loins!"
"Spend a few days thinking of God. You have seen that there is nothing to the
world."
"There is neither end nor limit to this desire for worldly enjoyment."
"With all the sincerity of your heart resign yourself to God and drive all your
worries out of your mind."
"When you find that the very mention of God's name brings tears to your eyes
and makes your hair stand on end, then you will know that you have freed
yourself from
attachment to 'woman and gold' and attained God."
"It is futile to be egotistic. Neither body nor wealth will last."
"Man has no faith in God. That is the reason he suffers so much."
"The Hindu religion alone is the Sanatana Dharma."
"Suffering is inevitable when one assumes a human body."
"Books, scriptures, and science appear as mere dirt and straw after the
realization of God."
"Why not renounce everything for a few days and call on God in solitude?"
"So I say that one gets everything through yearning."
"Whether a man should be a householder or a monk depends on the will of
Rama. Surrender everything to God and do your duties in the world. What else
can you do?"