Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDABe not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. Be a hero. Always say, ‘I have no fear’. Tell this to everybody-‘Have no fear’.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.
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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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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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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
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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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Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
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The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.
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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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The great lesson is, that unity is behind all. Call it God, Love, Spirit. Allah, Jehovah – it is the same unity that animates all life from the lowest animal to the noblest man.
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Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. Be a hero. Always say, ‘I have no fear’. Tell this to everybody-‘Have no fear’.
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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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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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