My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAIf in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true; this I have learnt after suffering all my life; all else is mere moonshine.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.
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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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I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
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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 help which tends to make us spiritually strong is the highest help, next to it comes intellectual help and after that comes physical help.
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Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
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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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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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Your success is not measured in terms of what all you obtained but in term of what you become, how you live and what actions you do. Upon this point reflect well and attain great happiness
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There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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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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Liberty is the first condition of growth. It is wrong, a thousand times wrong, if any of you dares to say, ‘I will work out the salvation of this woman or child.
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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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