Ramakrishna Quotes

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.

Definitely, life changes as it goes on a little bit, for sure.

I always thought I had a face like the moon, because I had really chubby cheeks when I was a kid, right up until my mid-20s. My face changed in my later 20s and again in my mid-30s.

The biggest man you're ever going to see was once a baby.

Stories, like whiskey, must be allowed to mature in the cask.

There is no fruit which is not bitter before it is ripe.

Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.

You can't rush good wine. It has to sit. And when you finally drink it, it's the bomb. It's worth the wait.

Nothing great is produced suddenly, since not even the grape or the fig is. If you say to me now that you want a fig, I will answer to you that it requires time: let it flower first, then put forth fruit, and then ripen.

Schemes are like fruit, they require a certain ripening.

There is nothing good in this world which time does not improve.

Time ripens the substance of a life as the seasons mellow and perfect its fruits. The best apples fall latest and keep longest.

How stunning are the changes which age makes in a man while he sleeps!

Anyone who imagines that all fruits ripen at the same time as the strawberries knows nothing about grapes.

It is true that whisky improves with age. The older I get, the more I like it.

Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.

Physically, it completely changed me. I found strength that I never thought I had. And mentally, I mean, it's taught me just patience and letting go, and it's really changed my whole psychological outlook, I think.

People forget I started on TV as a 7-stone 12-year-old - I'm bound to have changed. I've just grown up and filled out. I haven't been hammering it in the gym, and I haven't been thinking, 'Right, I need to look good.'

Perfection is the natural consequence of eternity: wait long enough, and anything will realize its potential. Coal becomes diamonds, sand becomes pearls, apes become men. It's simply not given to us, in one lifetime, to see those consummations, and so every failure becomes a reminder of death.

Growing up is scary because it happens without you knowing it.

If you believe in the soul, do not clutch at sensual sweetness before it is ripe on the slow tree of cause and effect.

It's not a sprint to get in shape.