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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThere is no end to the power a man can obtain.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.
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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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Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
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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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The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
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The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.
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There is no other teacher but your own soul.
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Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.
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The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
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Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.
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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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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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This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.
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He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
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