We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAReal freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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We have either to progress or to degenerate. Our ancestors did great things in the past, but we have to grow into a fuller life and march beyond even their great achievements.
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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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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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Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
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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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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.
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If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.
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You are incarnations of God, all of you. You are incarnations of the Almighty, Omnipresent, Divine Principle. You may laugh at me now, but the time will come when you will understand. You must. Nobody will be left behind.
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Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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