Ramakrishna Quotes

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

Grant, then, to Your servant an understanding mind to judge Your people, to distinguish between good and bad; for who can judge this vast people of yours?

There is never much to be feared for anyone that is born with sense and truth in him, whatever else he may have or want.

Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

Be the light. Know the truth. God bless you.

May God grant us the wisdom to discover right, the will to choose it, and the strength to make it endure.

Dear friends, sometimes we may be tempted to allow ourselves be overtaken by laziness or despondency, especially when faced with the hardships and trials of life. In these cases, do not lose heart, but invoke the Holy Spirit, so that with the gift of fortitude He can lift our hearts and communicate new vigor and enthusiasm to our lives and our following Jesus.

An open mind but not an empty head.

An education which does not teach us to discriminate between good and bad, to assimilate the one and eschew the other, is a misnomer

Jesus won't try to speak over the noise in our lives; love whispers so we won't be confused about who's doing the talking.

The Lord will never forsake or abandon anyone, You may abandon him, but he will not abandon you. You never need to feel that you are alone.

It is salutary for us to learn to hold cheap such things, be they good or evil, as attach indifferently to good men and bad, and to covet those good things which belong only to good men, and flee those evils which belong only to evil men.

Since all things are good, men fail at last to distinguish which is the bane and which the antidote.

When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites-to be wide awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance-there are no mistakes for which he will have to account; under such conditions his actions lose the blundering quality of the acts of a fool. If such a man fails, or suffers a defeat, he will have lost only a battle, and there will be no pitiful regrets over that.

You have to understand the good in things, to detect the real evil.

Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can; and conquered they must be, or neither wisdom nor happiness can be attained: but those who are not yet subject to their influence may, by timely caution, preserve their freedom.

You may not get what you want, but God always gives you what you need.

You cannot be wise without some basis of knowledge, but you may easily acquire knowledge and remain bare of wisdom.

May the Lord protect me as the world gets hectic. My voice projected, my life reflected.

There may be men who act without understanding why. I do not. To listen much, pick out the good and follow it; to see much and ponder it: this comes next to understanding.

The simple power of prayer can save us all kinds of time and trouble if we will ask God to give us wisdom and discernment in our relationships.

I am justified. For I chose wisdom and the knowledge of good and evil ; and now there is no evil; and wisdom and good are one. It is enough.

. . . if you can tell the difference between good advice and bad advice, you don't need advice.