Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAAll 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.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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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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The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
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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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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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Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.
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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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Know that all sins and all evils can be summed up in that one word, weakness. It is weakness that is the motive power in all evil doing; it is weakness that makes men injure others; it is weakness that makes them manifest what they are not in reality. Let them know what they really are.
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As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.
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One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom
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Learn to feel yourself in other bodies, to know that we are all one. Throw all other nonsense to the winds. Spit out your actions, good or bad, and never think of them again. What is done is done. Throw off superstition. Have no weakness even in the face of death. Be free.
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