Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDABe an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.
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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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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.
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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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Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
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Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing “noses on us,” as in the case of the man who had three boons to ask. We never get freedom until we are self-contained. “Self is the Saviour of self, none else.”
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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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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear.
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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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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The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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The 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.
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