My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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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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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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Have faith in yourself. You people were once the Vedic Rishis. Only, you have come in different forms, that’s all. I see it clear as daylight that you all have infinite power in you. Rouse that up; arise, arise – apply yourselves heart and soul, gird up your loins.
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The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.
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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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By practice men can bring even the heart under control, until it will just beat at will, slowly, or quickly, or almost stop. Nearly every part of the body can be brought under control.
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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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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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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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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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Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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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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