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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAReal love is love for love’s sake. I do not ask health or money or life or salvation.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.
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We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
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When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
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The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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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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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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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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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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Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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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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