The spiritually minded belong to a caste of their own, beyond all social conventions.
– Sri Ramakrishna.

Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and carries away the grains of sugar. So the holy Paramahamsas and pious men successfully sift the good from the bad.
– Sri Ramakrishna.

He alone is the true teacher who is illumined by the light of true Knowledge.
– Sri Ramakrishna.

Water is dried up at once if poured on a heap of ashes. Vanity is like this heap of ashes. Prayer and contemplation produce on effect upon the heart puffed up with vanity.
– Sri Ramakrishna.

That knowledge which purifies the mind and heart alone is true Knowledge, all else if only a negation of Knowledge.
– Sri Ramakrishna.

The companionship of the holy and the wise is one of the main elements of spiritual progress.
– Sri Ramakrishna.

The ego that asserts, ‘I am the servant of God’, is the characteristic of the true devotee. It is the ego of the Vidya (Knowledge), and is called the ‘ripe’ ego.
– Sri Ramakrishna.

As soft clay easily takes an impression, but not hard stone, so also Divine wisdom impresses itself on the heart of a devotee, but not on a bound soul.
– Sri Ramakrishna.

Give up everything to Him, resign yourself to Him, and then there will be no more troubles for you. Then you will come to know that everything is done by His will.
– Sri Ramakrishna.

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