As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThe earth is enjoyed by heroes”- this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.
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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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Never say, ‘No’, never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are infinite. Even time and space are as nothing compared with your nature. You can do anything and everything, you are almighty
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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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Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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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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We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
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The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
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Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.
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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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Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.
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Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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By practice men can bring even the heart under control, until it will just beat at will, slowly, or quickly, or almost stop. Nearly every part of the body can be brought under control.
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