As soon as we react, we become slaves. A man blames me, and I immediately react in the form of anger. A little vibration which he created made me a slave.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDABlame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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No one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself. The external teacher offers only the suggestion, which arouses the internal teacher, who helps us to understand things.
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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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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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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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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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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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He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
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There is only one Soul in the Universe. There is no ‘you’ or ‘me’; all variety is merged into the absolute unity, the one infinite existence – God.
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Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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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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We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
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Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.
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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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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.
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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.
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Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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