No 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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAAstrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
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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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Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.
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Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
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When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.
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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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The attempt is to kill the false “I”, so that the real “I”, the Lord, will reign. “I the Lord thy God am a jealous God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me,” say the Hebrew scriptures.
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Real love is love for love’s sake. I do not ask health or money or life or salvation.
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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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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Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.
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True progress is slow but sure.
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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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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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