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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAAstrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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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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One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom
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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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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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As soon as we react, we become slaves. A man blames me, and I immediately react in the form of anger. A little vibration which he created made me a slave.
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Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
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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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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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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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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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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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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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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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