My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWhy should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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If you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.
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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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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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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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Shri Ramakrishna use to say, “As Long as I Live, so long do I learn”. That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death.
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Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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All practice or worship is only for taking off this veil. When that will go, you will find that the Sun of Absolute Knowledge is shining in Its own lustre.
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Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.
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Say, “I can do everything .” “Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it.”
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Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
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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 man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.
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