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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAOne 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
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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If in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true; this I have learnt after suffering all my life; all else is mere moonshine.
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Never say any man is hopeless, because he only represents a character, a bundle of habits, which can be checked by new and better ones. Character is repeated habits, and repeated habits alone can reform character.
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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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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 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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There is no other teacher but your own soul.
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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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Your success is not measured in terms of what all you obtained but in term of what you become, how you live and what actions you do. Upon this point reflect well and attain great happiness
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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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The help which tends to make us spiritually strong is the highest help, next to it comes intellectual help and after that comes physical help.
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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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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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What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.
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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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You must all pay attention to your health first.
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