The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWe must plunge heart and soul and body into the work. And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to one Idea and to one alone, we never, never will see the Light.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.
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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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Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, you Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide!
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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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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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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.
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We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work. And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to one Idea and to one alone, we never, never will see the Light.
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The earth is enjoyed by heroes”- this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.
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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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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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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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Never say NO, Never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.
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There is no other teacher but your own soul.
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Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
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Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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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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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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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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Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
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You must all pay attention to your health first.
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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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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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