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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDANever say any man is hopeless, because he only represents a character, a bundle of habits, which can be checked by new and better ones. Character is repeated habits, and repeated habits alone can reform character.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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You are incarnations of God, all of you. You are incarnations of the Almighty, Omnipresent, Divine Principle. You may laugh at me now, but the time will come when you will understand. You must. Nobody will be left behind.
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Your success is not measured in terms of what all you obtained but in term of what you become, how you live and what actions you do. Upon this point reflect well and attain great happiness
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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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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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By 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.
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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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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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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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The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
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Shri Ramakrishna use to say, “As Long as I Live, so long do I learn”. That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death.
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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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There is no other teacher but your own soul.
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Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.
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Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that. You never help one by talking about his fault; you do him an injury, and injure yourself as well.
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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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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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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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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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The man who gives way to anger, or hatred, or any other passion, cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces, and does nothing practical. It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.
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When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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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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There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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