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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWe 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.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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You must all pay attention to your health first.
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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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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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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.
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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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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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The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
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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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Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
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The attempt is to kill the false “I”, so that the real “I”, the Lord, will reign. “I the Lord thy God am a jealous God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me,” say the Hebrew scriptures.
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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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Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
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