If in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true; this I have learnt after suffering all my life; all else is mere moonshine.
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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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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Talk to yourself atleast once in a Day.. Otherwise you may miss a meeting with an EXCELLENT person in this World.
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He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
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Real love is love for love’s sake. I do not ask health or money or life or salvation.
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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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Ishvara is the highest manifestation of the Absolute Reality, or in other words, the highest possible reading of the Absolute by the human mind. Creation is eternal, and so also is Ishvara.
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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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Your success is not measured in terms of what all you obtained but in term of what you become, how you live and what actions you do. Upon this point reflect well and attain great happiness
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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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He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind – that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.
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The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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Religion is realization; not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing, or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming what it believes.
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There is no other teacher but your own soul.
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Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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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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