It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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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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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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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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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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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Perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Therefore we must always expect to find things not up to our highest ideal. Knowing this, we are bound to make the best of everything.
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Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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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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We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work. And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to one Idea and to one alone, we never, never will see the Light.
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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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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The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself – this is called life.
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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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