To get any reason out of the mass of incongruity we call human life, we have to transcend our reason, but we must do it scientifically, slowly, by regular practice, and we must cast off all superstition.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWe cannot see outside what we are not inside. The universe is to us what the huge engine is to the miniature engine; and indication of any error in the tiny engine leads us to imagine trouble in the huge one.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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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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None of us have yet seen an ideally perfect man, and yet without that ideal we cannot progress.
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I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
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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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One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom
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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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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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Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.
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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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