Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDANever say NO, Never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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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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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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Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.
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You must all pay attention to your health first.
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Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all 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 have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.
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Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.
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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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Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
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Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
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Shri Ramakrishna use to say, “As Long as I Live, so long do I learn”. That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death.
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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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