Never say any man is hopeless, because he only represents a character, a bundle of habits, which can be checked by new and better ones. Character is repeated habits, and repeated habits alone can reform character.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAIn 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.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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.
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Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, you Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide!
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The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.
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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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Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
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The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself – this is called life.
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When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
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Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing “noses on us,” as in the case of the man who had three boons to ask. We never get freedom until we are self-contained. “Self is the Saviour of self, none 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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Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear.
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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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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The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.
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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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