The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAMind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the strengthening, the disciplining, of the mind.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
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True progress is slow but sure.
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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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Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
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We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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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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There is no other teacher but your own soul.
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As 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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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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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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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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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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