Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.
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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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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Never say, ‘No’, never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are infinite. Even time and space are as nothing compared with your nature. You can do anything and everything, you are almighty
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Your success is not measured in terms of what all you obtained but in term of what you become, how you live and what actions you do. Upon this point reflect well and attain great happiness
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Religion is realization; not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing, or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming what it believes.
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Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that. You never help one by talking about his fault; you do him an injury, and injure yourself as well.
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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There is only one Soul in the Universe. There is no ‘you’ or ‘me’; all variety is merged into the absolute unity, the one infinite existence – God.
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True progress is slow but sure.
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When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.
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This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.
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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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