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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThe Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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It is not that Christ is superior to Allah, not that Allah is everything and Brahma is nothing, but it is the same one whom you call either Brahma or Allah, or Almighty, or by a hundred other names. The names are different but God is one and the same.
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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.
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Whatever you believe, that you will be. If you believe yourselves to be sages, sages you will be tomorrow. There is nothing to obstruct you.
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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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 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.
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All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.
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Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. Be a hero. Always say, ‘I have no fear’. Tell this to everybody-‘Have no fear’.
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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
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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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Liberty is the first condition of growth. It is wrong, a thousand times wrong, if any of you dares to say, ‘I will work out the salvation of this woman or child.
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