Perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Therefore we must always expect to find things not up to our highest ideal. Knowing this, we are bound to make the best of everything.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDABooks are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.
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Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.
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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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Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.
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Learn to feel yourself in other bodies, to know that we are all one. Throw all other nonsense to the winds. Spit out your actions, good or bad, and never think of them again. What is done is done. Throw off superstition. Have no weakness even in the face of death. Be free.
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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
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This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.
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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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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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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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Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.
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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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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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