The great lesson is, that unity is behind all. Call it God, Love, Spirit. Allah, Jehovah – it is the same unity that animates all life from the lowest animal to the noblest man.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWhen a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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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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Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.
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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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Everyone goes with the flow. But the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
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None of us have yet seen an ideally perfect man, and yet without that ideal we cannot progress.
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Whatever you believe, that you will be. If you believe yourselves to be sages, sages you will be tomorrow. There is nothing to obstruct you.
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Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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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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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 remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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