To work without attachment is to work without the expectation of reward or fear of any punishment in this world or the next. Work so done is a means to the end, and God is the end. Ramakrishna
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. Ramakrishna
Travel in all the four quarters of the earth, yet you will find nothing anywhere. Whatever there is, is only here. Ramakrishna
Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious. Ramakrishna
The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth. Ramakrishna