He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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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Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
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One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom
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Never say any man is hopeless, because he only represents a character, a bundle of habits, which can be checked by new and better ones. Character is repeated habits, and repeated habits alone can reform character.
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.
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Religion is realization; not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing, or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming what it believes.
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Feel like Christ and you will be a Christ; feel like Buddha and you will be a Buddha. It is feeling that is the life, the strength, the vitality, without which no amount of intellectual activity can reach God.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself – this is called life.
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If 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.
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The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.
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He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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