Ramakrishna Quotes

Remember, the first road to God is prayer, the second is joy.

Prayer to be fruitful must come from the heart and must be able to touch the heart of God.

A Prayer of Anselm My God, I pray that I may so know you and love you that I may rejoice in you. And if I may not do so fully in this life let me go steadily on to the day when I come to that fullness . . . Let me receive That which you promised through your truth, that my joy may be full.

We need prayer to understand God's love for us. If we really mean to pray and want to pray we must be ready to do it now. These are only the first steps towards prayer but if we never make the first step with determination, we will not reach the last one: the presence of God

The joy of the presence of Jesus, you must be able to give wherever you go. But you cannot give what you don't have. That's why you need a pure heart, a pure heart that you will receive as a fruit of your prayer, as a fruit of your oneness with Christ.

Prayer is more than thoughts and feelings expressed in words. It is the opening of mind and heart - our whole being to God our Abba Father. It is Divine Union.

Only in prayer can we learn to love God with all our heart, mind and soul.

Religion's in the heart, not in the knees.

I think there is a longing in everyone for a personal relationship with God.

When you pray, rather let your heart be without words than your words without heart.

I took that time off - I knew it was messing me up, not being connected to a spiritual plane.

There is no greater distance than that between a man in prayer and God.

I think of prayer as a spiritual lifeline back to where I most want to be.

I talk to God every day. He's very real for me.

I'm not religious. I'm spiritual. Religious seems too much like a club.

Your soul is between you and God.

God is in my heart; I see God in my daughter and my mother.

Everybody has God inside, but not everybody is able to see God within. One can see God only when one cries for Him. Those who cry for God and pray to God can realise God.

I gave my heart to Jesus when I was five-years-old and since then it's been a special relationship. To me it's not a religion; it's just talking to God, reading his word, and doing my best to honor him in everything I do.

The most important lesson we can learn is how to pray. Prayers do not die, prayers live before God, and God's heart is set on them.

Between the humble and contrite heart and the majesty of Heaven there are no barriers; the only password is prayer.

Look to your heart that flutters in and out like a moth. God is not indifferent to your need. You have a thousand prayers but God has one.

God does love you and that, hopefully, you get to the point that you realize that having a relationship with God should be first and foremost in your life.

Try to cultivate love of God. You are born as a human being only to attain divine love.

Heaven is never deaf but when man's heart is dumb.