Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThe great lesson is, that unity is behind all. Call it God, Love, Spirit. Allah, Jehovah – it is the same unity that animates all life from the lowest animal to the noblest man.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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You are strong, omnipotent, and omniscient. No matter that you have not expressed it yet, it is in you. All knowledge is in you, all power, all purity, and all freedom-why cannot you express this knowledge? Because you do not believe in it. Believe in it, and it must and will come out.
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Everyone goes with the flow. But the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
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I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion – it is India.
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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Say, “I can do everything .” “Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it.”
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Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.
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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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The help which tends to make us spiritually strong is the highest help, next to it comes intellectual help and after that comes physical help.
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Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
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As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.
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Never say NO, Never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.
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Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, you Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide!
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I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
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What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.
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