Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAFear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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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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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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No one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself. The external teacher offers only the suggestion, which arouses the internal teacher, who helps us to understand things.
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The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
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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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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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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.
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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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One 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
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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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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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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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