When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDANever 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.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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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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Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
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The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
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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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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.
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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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No one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself. The external teacher offers only the suggestion, which arouses the internal teacher, who helps us to understand things.
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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.
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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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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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