If you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.
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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The man who gives way to anger, or hatred, or any other passion, cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces, and does nothing practical. It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.
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You must all pay attention to your health first.
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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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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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Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
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Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, you Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide!
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Onward, my brave boys – money or no money – men or no men! Have you love? Have you God? Onward and forward to the breach, you are irresistible.
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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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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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Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.
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Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
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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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Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.
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Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that. You never help one by talking about his fault; you do him an injury, and injure yourself as well.
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Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
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