Ramakrishna

"It is easy to talk on religion, but difficult to practice it."

"Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious."

"The physicians of one class feel the patients and go away, merely prescribing medicine. As they leave the room they simply ask the patient to take the medicine. They are the poorest class of physicians."

"Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you."

"When one has love for God, one doesn't feel any physical attraction to wife, children, relatives and friends. One retains only compassion for them."

"Work, apart from devotion or love of God, is helpless and cannot stand alone."