Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThere is no other teacher but your own soul.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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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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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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Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
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If you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.
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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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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.
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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 have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion – it is India.
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The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
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The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.
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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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Never say any man is hopeless, because he only represents a character, a bundle of habits, which can be checked by new and better ones. Character is repeated habits, and repeated habits alone can reform character.
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