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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDANeither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.
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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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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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The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
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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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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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Mind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the strengthening, the disciplining, of the mind.
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Whatever you believe, that you will be. If you believe yourselves to be sages, sages you will be tomorrow. There is nothing to obstruct you.
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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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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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The earth is enjoyed by heroes”- this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.
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The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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All practice or worship is only for taking off this veil. When that will go, you will find that the Sun of Absolute Knowledge is shining in Its own lustre.
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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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No one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself. The external teacher offers only the suggestion, which arouses the internal teacher, who helps us to understand things.
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Know that all sins and all evils can be summed up in that one word, weakness. It is weakness that is the motive power in all evil doing; it is weakness that makes men injure others; it is weakness that makes them manifest what they are not in reality. Let them know what they really are.
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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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Never say NO, Never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.
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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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The great lesson is, that unity is behind all. Call it God, Love, Spirit. Allah, Jehovah – it is the same unity that animates all life from the lowest animal to the noblest man.
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Religion is realization; not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing, or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming what it believes.
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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.
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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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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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