When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThe 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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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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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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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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Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that. You never help one by talking about his fault; you do him an injury, and injure yourself as well.
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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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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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Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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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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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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Feel like Christ and you will be a Christ; feel like Buddha and you will be a Buddha. It is feeling that is the life, the strength, the vitality, without which no amount of intellectual activity can reach God.
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If you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.
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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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The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
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