Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDADo not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWhen death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDABy 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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDALiberty 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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAOur 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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAReal love is love for love’s sake. I do not ask health or money or life or salvation.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThis 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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThe earth is enjoyed by heroes”- this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAAstrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWe, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAIt is not that Christ is superior to Allah, not that Allah is everything and Brahma is nothing, but it is the same one whom you call either Brahma or Allah, or Almighty, or by a hundred other names. The names are different but God is one and the same.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDATake up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDADo 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.”
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThe man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDABe an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDATalk to yourself atleast once in a Day.. Otherwise you may miss a meeting with an EXCELLENT person in this World.
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