They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDALet him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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To get any reason out of the mass of incongruity we call human life, we have to transcend our reason, but we must do it scientifically, slowly, by regular practice, and we must cast off all superstition.
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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work. And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to one Idea and to one alone, we never, never will see the Light.
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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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Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, you Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide!
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Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that. You never help one by talking about his fault; you do him an injury, and injure yourself as well.
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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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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 whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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Shri Ramakrishna use to say, “As Long as I Live, so long do I learn”. That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death.
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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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The attempt is to kill the false “I”, so that the real “I”, the Lord, will reign. “I the Lord thy God am a jealous God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me,” say the Hebrew scriptures.
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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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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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