It is not that Christ is superior to Allah, not that Allah is everything and Brahma is nothing, but it is the same one whom you call either Brahma or Allah, or Almighty, or by a hundred other names. The names are different but God is one and the same.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWhatever you believe, that you will be. If you believe yourselves to be sages, sages you will be tomorrow. There is nothing to obstruct you.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
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We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
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The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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True progress is slow but sure.
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Perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Therefore we must always expect to find things not up to our highest ideal. Knowing this, we are bound to make the best of everything.
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Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
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Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.
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This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.
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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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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 mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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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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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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