The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWhy should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
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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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The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
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Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
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You are strong, omnipotent, and omniscient. No matter that you have not expressed it yet, it is in you. All knowledge is in you, all power, all purity, and all freedom-why cannot you express this knowledge? Because you do not believe in it. Believe in it, and it must and will come out.
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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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We 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.
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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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Say, “I can do everything .” “Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it.”
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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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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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Feel like Christ and you will be a Christ; feel like Buddha and you will be a Buddha. It is feeling that is the life, the strength, the vitality, without which no amount of intellectual activity can reach God.
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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 earth is enjoyed by heroes”- this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.
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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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