Mind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the strengthening, the disciplining, of the mind.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAIf you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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True progress is slow but sure.
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Perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Therefore we must always expect to find things not up to our highest ideal. Knowing this, we are bound to make the best of everything.
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Religion is realization; not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing, or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming what it believes.
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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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Real love is love for love’s sake. I do not ask health or money or life or salvation.
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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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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. Even time and space are as nothing compared with your nature. You can do anything and everything, you are almighty
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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
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Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.
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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
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No one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself. The external teacher offers only the suggestion, which arouses the internal teacher, who helps us to understand things.
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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom
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If in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true; this I have learnt after suffering all my life; all else is mere moonshine.
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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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Onward, my brave boys – money or no money – men or no men! Have you love? Have you God? Onward and forward to the breach, you are irresistible.
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Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.
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He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
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