The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAIt is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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We have either to progress or to degenerate. Our ancestors did great things in the past, but we have to grow into a fuller life and march beyond even their great achievements.
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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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Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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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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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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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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Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.
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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.
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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 history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
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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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Never say, ‘No’, never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are infinite. Even time and space are as nothing compared with your nature. You can do anything and everything, you are almighty
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The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
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Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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Everyone goes with the flow. But the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
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