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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.

Swami Vivekananda

Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
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Courage Heart Love Mind Myself
Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
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Looks Path Spirituality World
You must all pay attention to your health first.
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Attention Health Pay Yourself
When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
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Death Goodness Reason
Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.
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Ideas Patience Rise Struggle Yourself
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.
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Different Faith Heart People Power Yourself
If you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.
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Equality Man Motivational Strong World
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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Death Fear Hell Inspirational Life Motivational Wrong
Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.
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God Inspirational Motivational Ourselves
I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion – it is India.
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Country Himself Religion World
If 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.
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Alone Heart Joy Peace Person Suffering True
Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
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Begining Devotion Ideal Necessary Practice Religious
The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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Attainment Progress Test
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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Action Live Reflection Success Yourself
Everyone goes with the flow. But the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
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Flow Inspirational Remarkable
You are strong, omnipotent, and omniscient. No matter that you have not expressed it yet, it is in you. All knowledge is in you, all power, all purity, and all freedom-why cannot you express this knowledge? Because you do not believe in it. Believe in it, and it must and will come out.
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Believe Expression Knowledge Motivational Strong Yourself
Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, you Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide!
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Inspirational Learning Lesson Risk Win
Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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Brave. Perseverance Enough Inspirational Motivational
The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.
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Learning Spirituality Teaching
In 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.
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Flower God Soul
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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Afraid God Motivational People
Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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Sky Soul Stars
Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
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Men Soul Spirit Substance
To get any reason out of the mass of incongruity we call human life, we have to transcend our reason, but we must do it scientifically, slowly, by regular practice, and we must cast off all superstition.
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Practice Reason Superstitions
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.
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Death Learning Men Myself
Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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Blame Commitment Ignorance Mistake
Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
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Body God Himself Identify Men Mistake

The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.

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