There is only one Soul in the Universe. There is no ‘you’ or ‘me’; all variety is merged into the absolute unity, the one infinite existence – God.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWhy should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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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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None of us have yet seen an ideally perfect man, and yet without that ideal we cannot progress.
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What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.
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True progress is slow but sure.
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Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.
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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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Everyone goes with the flow. But the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
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The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.
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Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.
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I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
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Mind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the strengthening, the disciplining, of the mind.
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