Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAOnward, my brave boys – money or no money – men or no men! Have you love? Have you God? Onward and forward to the breach, you are irresistible.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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 is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind – that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.
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By practice men can bring even the heart under control, until it will just beat at will, slowly, or quickly, or almost stop. Nearly every part of the body can be brought under control.
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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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Mind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the strengthening, the disciplining, of the mind.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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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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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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Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
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Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
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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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The help which tends to make us spiritually strong is the highest help, next to it comes intellectual help and after that comes physical help.
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There is no other teacher but your own soul.
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Say, “I can do everything .” “Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it.”
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Learn to feel yourself in other bodies, to know that we are all one. Throw all other nonsense to the winds. Spit out your actions, good or bad, and never think of them again. What is done is done. Throw off superstition. Have no weakness even in the face of death. Be free.
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