Sri Ramakrishna

The winds of grace are always blowing, but you have to raise the sail.

An ocean of bliss may rain down from the heavens, but if you hold up only a thimble, that is all you receive.

Make your meditation a continuous state of mind.

A great worship is going on all the time.

So nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.

Those whose spiritual awareness has been awakened never make a false move.

They don't have to avoid evil.

They are so replete with love that whatever they do is a good action.

They are fully conscious that they are not the doer of their actions, but only servants of God.

The truth is, you cannot attain God if you have even a trace of desire.

Subtle is the way of Dharma.

If you were trying to thread a needle, you will not succeed if the thread has even a slight fiber sticking out.

But all will surely realize God.

All will be liberated.

It may be that some get their meal in the morning, some at noon, and some in the evenings.

but none will go without food.

All without exception will certainly know their real self.

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 is directed towards God, one cannot be lost in the ocean of worldliness.