We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work. And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to one Idea and to one alone, we never, never will see the Light.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThe test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.
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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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Talk to yourself atleast once in a Day.. Otherwise you may miss a meeting with an EXCELLENT person in this World.
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
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Say, “I can do everything .” “Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it.”
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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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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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Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
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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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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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You must all pay attention to your health first.
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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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The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.
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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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