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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDANo 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.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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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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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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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.
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He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
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We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
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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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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.
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Have faith in yourself. You people were once the Vedic Rishis. Only, you have come in different forms, that’s all. I see it clear as daylight that you all have infinite power in you. Rouse that up; arise, arise – apply yourselves heart and soul, gird up your loins.
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The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
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Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.
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