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Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.

Swami Vivekananda

Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Hurt Inspirational Intelligence Motivational People
You are incarnations of God, all of you. You are incarnations of the Almighty, Omnipresent, Divine Principle. You may laugh at me now, but the time will come when you will understand. You must. Nobody will be left behind.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

God Laughter Principles Spiritual Yourself
If you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Equality Man Motivational Strong World
The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Learning Spirituality Teaching
Onward, my brave boys – money or no money – men or no men! Have you love? Have you God? Onward and forward to the breach, you are irresistible.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Boys Inspirational Men Motivational
Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Experience Men World
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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Death Learning Men Myself
The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself – this is called life.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Awakening Effort Life Soul Spiritual
They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Alive Live
We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Responsibility Suffering
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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Action Death Face Learning Thinking Weakness Wind
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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Different Faith Heart People Power Yourself
Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Men Soul Spirit Substance
The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Attainment Progress Test
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’.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Fear Hero Motivational
I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion – it is India.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Country Himself Religion World

Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.

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Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.

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