We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work. And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to one Idea and to one alone, we never, never will see the Light.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAIf 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.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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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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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, you Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide!
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I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
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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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If in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true; this I have learnt after suffering all my life; all else is mere moonshine.
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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.
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The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
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The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
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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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