He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAOur own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
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The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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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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Real love is love for love’s sake. I do not ask health or money or life or salvation.
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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.
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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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Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.
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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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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
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The earth is enjoyed by heroes”- this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.
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The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
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Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.
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