Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.
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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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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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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Learn to feel yourself in other bodies, to know that we are all one. Throw all other nonsense to the winds. Spit out your actions, good or bad, and never think of them again. What is done is done. Throw off superstition. Have no weakness even in the face of death. Be free.
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Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
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You must all pay attention to your health first.
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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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Have faith in yourself. You people were once the Vedic Rishis. Only, you have come in different forms, that’s all. I see it clear as daylight that you all have infinite power in you. Rouse that up; arise, arise – apply yourselves heart and soul, gird up your loins.
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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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Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
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The man who gives way to anger, or hatred, or any other passion, cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces, and does nothing practical. It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.
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Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
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We cannot see outside what we are not inside. The universe is to us what the huge engine is to the miniature engine; and indication of any error in the tiny engine leads us to imagine trouble in the huge one.
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Whatever you believe, that you will be. If you believe yourselves to be sages, sages you will be tomorrow. There is nothing to obstruct you.
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