The man who gives way to anger, or hatred, or any other passion, cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces, and does nothing practical. It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAEverything is ended if you forgive and forget.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
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When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
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Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.
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Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. Be a hero. Always say, ‘I have no fear’. Tell this to everybody-‘Have no fear’.
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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.
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To get any reason out of the mass of incongruity we call human life, we have to transcend our reason, but we must do it scientifically, slowly, by regular practice, and we must cast off all superstition.
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The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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The attempt is to kill the false “I”, so that the real “I”, the Lord, will reign. “I the Lord thy God am a jealous God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me,” say the Hebrew scriptures.
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There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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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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