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The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.

Swami Vivekananda

The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself – this is called life.
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Awakening Effort Life Soul Spiritual
Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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Happiness Independence Misery Motivational
The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
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Funny History Inspirational Men Success
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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Action Death Face Learning Thinking Weakness Wind
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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Generosity God Imagination Thankful World
Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.
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Ability Goal Motivational
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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Ability Gift Grateful Help Men Poor Yourself
We have either to progress or to degenerate. Our ancestors did great things in the past, but we have to grow into a fuller life and march beyond even their great achievements.
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Achievement Growth Life Past Progress
When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.
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Ignorance Men Mindset Perfection
Liberty is the first condition of growth. It is wrong, a thousand times wrong, if any of you dares to say, ‘I will work out the salvation of this woman or child.
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Children Growth Woman Work Out Wrong
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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Expectation Knowing Life Perfect
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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Afraid God Motivational People
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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Alone Heart Joy Peace Person Suffering True
The earth is enjoyed by heroes”- this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.
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Fear Hero Inspirational Motivational Myself
Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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Courage Inspirational Motivational Patience
I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
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Life Material Meditation Myself Power

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