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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.

Swami Vivekananda

The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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Attainment Progress Test
The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.
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Library Mind Yourself
Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
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Men Soul Spirit Substance
Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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Freedom Reality
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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Ability Gift Grateful Help Men Poor Yourself
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
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.
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Anger Deep Men Philsophy Reaction Slave
We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
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Responsibility Suffering
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
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
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 man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.
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Accomplishment Anger Greatness Man
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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Inspirational Motivational Power Strong Thinking Weakness
None of us have yet seen an ideally perfect man, and yet without that ideal we cannot progress.
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Men Perfect Progress Strength Thinking
Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
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Coward Fear Greatness Selfishness
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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Animal Man Men Spirit Unity

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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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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