Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWe 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.
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 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.
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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.
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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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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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Fear 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.
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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, you Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide!
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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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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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In whatever name or form they are offered, all these flowers are laid at God’s feet, for He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls.
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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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None of us have yet seen an ideally perfect man, and yet without that ideal we cannot progress.
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Ishvara is the highest manifestation of the Absolute Reality, or in other words, the highest possible reading of the Absolute by the human mind. Creation is eternal, and so also is Ishvara.
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