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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAOne 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
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Everyone goes with the flow. But the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
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Whatever you believe, that you will be. If you believe yourselves to be sages, sages you will be tomorrow. There is nothing to obstruct you.
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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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The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.
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Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing “noses on us,” as in the case of the man who had three boons to ask. We never get freedom until we are self-contained. “Self is the Saviour of self, none else.”
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Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
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Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
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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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The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.
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As soon as we react, we become slaves. A man blames me, and I immediately react in the form of anger. A little vibration which he created made me a slave.
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There is no other teacher but your own soul.
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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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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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Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind – that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.
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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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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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Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
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Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.
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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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If you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.
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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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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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Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
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We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
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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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