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The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.

Swami Vivekananda

Have faith in yourself. You people were once the Vedic Rishis. Only, you have come in different forms, that’s all. I see it clear as daylight that you all have infinite power in you. Rouse that up; arise, arise – apply yourselves heart and soul, gird up your loins.
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Different Faith Heart People Power Yourself
The earth is enjoyed by heroes”- this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.
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Fear Hero Inspirational Motivational Myself
Liberty is the first condition of growth. It is wrong, a thousand times wrong, if any of you dares to say, ‘I will work out the salvation of this woman or child.
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Children Growth Woman Work Out Wrong
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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Learning Spirituality Teaching
Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.
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Afraid God Motivational People
This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.
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Blame Determination Inspirational Lesson
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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Feeling Intellectual Life
Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing “noses on us,” as in the case of the man who had three boons to ask. We never get freedom until we are self-contained. “Self is the Saviour of self, none else.”
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Desire Freedom Men Terrible
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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Astrology Mind Weakness
My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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Children Lying Practice Theory
Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.
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God Inspirational Motivational Ourselves
Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.
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Ideas Patience Rise Struggle Yourself
By practice men can bring even the heart under control, until it will just beat at will, slowly, or quickly, or almost stop. Nearly every part of the body can be brought under control.
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Body Control Heart Men Practice Stop
Real love is love for love’s sake. I do not ask health or money or life or salvation.
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Health Love Myself Reality
If you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.
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Equality Man Motivational Strong World
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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Death Learning Men Myself

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