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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As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.
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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.
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The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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You are strong, omnipotent, and omniscient. No matter that you have not expressed it yet, it is in you. All knowledge is in you, all power, all purity, and all freedom-why cannot you express this knowledge? Because you do not believe in it. Believe in it, and it must and will come out.
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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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Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
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The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.
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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
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When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
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Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
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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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If you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.
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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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