Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.
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 best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
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It is not that Christ is superior to Allah, not that Allah is everything and Brahma is nothing, but it is the same one whom you call either Brahma or Allah, or Almighty, or by a hundred other names. The names are different but God is one and the same.
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One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom
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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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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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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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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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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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Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.
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All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.
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The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself – this is called life.
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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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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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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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I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion – it is India.
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