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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThe earth is enjoyed by heroes”- this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
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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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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
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Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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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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There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing “noses on us,” as in the case of the man who had three boons to ask. We never get freedom until we are self-contained. “Self is the Saviour of self, none else.”
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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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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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Know that all sins and all evils can be summed up in that one word, weakness. It is weakness that is the motive power in all evil doing; it is weakness that makes men injure others; it is weakness that makes them manifest what they are not in reality. Let them know what they really are.
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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You must all pay attention to your health first.
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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 past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.
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