The man who gives way to anger, or hatred, or any other passion, cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces, and does nothing practical. It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAYour success is not measured in terms of what all you obtained but in term of what you become, how you live and what actions you do. Upon this point reflect well and attain great happiness
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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To get any reason out of the mass of incongruity we call human life, we have to transcend our reason, but we must do it scientifically, slowly, by regular practice, and we must cast off all superstition.
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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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He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind – that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.
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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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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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Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
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It is not that Christ is superior to Allah, not that Allah is everything and Brahma is nothing, but it is the same one whom you call either Brahma or Allah, or Almighty, or by a hundred other names. The names are different but God is one and the same.
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Shri Ramakrishna use to say, “As Long as I Live, so long do I learn”. That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death.
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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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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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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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What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.
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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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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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