Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThey only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear.
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Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
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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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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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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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If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.
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Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.
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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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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.
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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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Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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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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Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.
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Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
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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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