Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAPerfect life is a contradiction in terms. Therefore we must always expect to find things not up to our highest ideal. Knowing this, we are bound to make the best of everything.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.
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Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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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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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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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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All practice or worship is only for taking off this veil. When that will go, you will find that the Sun of Absolute Knowledge is shining in Its own lustre.
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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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Onward, my brave boys – money or no money – men or no men! Have you love? Have you God? Onward and forward to the breach, you are irresistible.
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Mind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the strengthening, the disciplining, of the mind.
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He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
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We cannot see outside what we are not inside. The universe is to us what the huge engine is to the miniature engine; and indication of any error in the tiny engine leads us to imagine trouble in the huge one.
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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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None of us have yet seen an ideally perfect man, and yet without that ideal we cannot progress.
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Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.
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