Sayings of Sri Ramakrishna (as on 27.07.2010)

The mind is everything.If the mind loses its liberty, you lose yours. If the mind is free, you are free.The mind may get dyed in any colour,like a fresh white cloth from a laundry. Study English, and you will mix English words in your talk in spite of yourself. The Pandit who studies Sanskrit must quote verses. If the miind is kept in bad company, the evil influence of it will colour one's thought and conversation. Placed in the midst of devotees, the mind is sure to meditate on God and God alone. It changes its nature according to the things amongst which it lives and acts.