As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDADo not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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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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Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.
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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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Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.
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Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.
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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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Everyone goes with the flow. But the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
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In whatever name or form they are offered, all these flowers are laid at God’s feet, for He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls.
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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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None of us have yet seen an ideally perfect man, and yet without that ideal we cannot progress.
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Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.
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We have either to progress or to degenerate. Our ancestors did great things in the past, but we have to grow into a fuller life and march beyond even their great achievements.
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True progress is slow but sure.
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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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