He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind – that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAHe who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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Never say NO, Never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.
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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 courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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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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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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Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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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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Everyone goes with the flow. But the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
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He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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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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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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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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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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