The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAAs soon as we react, we become slaves. A man blames me, and I immediately react in the form of anger. A little vibration which he created made me a slave.
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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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Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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Whatever you believe, that you will be. If you believe yourselves to be sages, sages you will be tomorrow. There is nothing to obstruct you.
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Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. Be a hero. Always say, ‘I have no fear’. Tell this to everybody-‘Have no fear’.
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He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
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The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
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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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In whatever name or form they are offered, all these flowers are laid at God’s feet, for He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls.
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He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind – that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.
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Talk to yourself atleast once in a Day.. Otherwise you may miss a meeting with an EXCELLENT person in this World.
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We have either to progress or to degenerate. Our ancestors did great things in the past, but we have to grow into a fuller life and march beyond even their great achievements.
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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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