The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself – this is called life.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThe Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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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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The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
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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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We 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.
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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.
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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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Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
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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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Whatever you believe, that you will be. If you believe yourselves to be sages, sages you will be tomorrow. There is nothing to obstruct you.
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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.
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There is no other teacher but your own soul.
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The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.
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