To get any reason out of the mass of incongruity we call human life, we have to transcend our reason, but we must do it scientifically, slowly, by regular practice, and we must cast off all superstition.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWhen a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.
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Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.
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No one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself. The external teacher offers only the suggestion, which arouses the internal teacher, who helps us to understand things.
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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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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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Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.
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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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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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Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.
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There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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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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True progress is slow but sure.
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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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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
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