We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
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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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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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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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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Talk to yourself atleast once in a Day.. Otherwise you may miss a meeting with an EXCELLENT person in this World.
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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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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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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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You must all pay attention to your health first.
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Never say, ‘No’, never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are infinite. Even time and space are as nothing compared with your nature. You can do anything and everything, you are almighty
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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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The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
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Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing “noses on us,” as in the case of the man who had three boons to ask. We never get freedom until we are self-contained. “Self is the Saviour of self, none else.”
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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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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Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.
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Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
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The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
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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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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.
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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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You are strong, omnipotent, and omniscient. No matter that you have not expressed it yet, it is in you. All knowledge is in you, all power, all purity, and all freedom-why cannot you express this knowledge? Because you do not believe in it. Believe in it, and it must and will come out.
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