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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDATrue progress is slow but sure.
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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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Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. Be a hero. Always say, ‘I have no fear’. Tell this to everybody-‘Have no fear’.
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Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.
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Perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Therefore we must always expect to find things not up to our highest ideal. Knowing this, we are bound to make the best of everything.
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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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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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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.
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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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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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Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.
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