The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThey only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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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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Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
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Know that all sins and all evils can be summed up in that one word, weakness. It is weakness that is the motive power in all evil doing; it is weakness that makes men injure others; it is weakness that makes them manifest what they are not in reality. Let them know what they really are.
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Ishvara is the highest manifestation of the Absolute Reality, or in other words, the highest possible reading of the Absolute by the human mind. Creation is eternal, and so also is Ishvara.
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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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All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.
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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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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 past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.
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Feel like Christ and you will be a Christ; feel like Buddha and you will be a Buddha. It is feeling that is the life, the strength, the vitality, without which no amount of intellectual activity can reach God.
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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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Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
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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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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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