The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWhatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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The help which tends to make us spiritually strong is the highest help, next to it comes intellectual help and after that comes physical help.
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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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The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
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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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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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True progress is slow but sure.
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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.
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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear.
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This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.
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Learn to feel yourself in other bodies, to know that we are all one. Throw all other nonsense to the winds. Spit out your actions, good or bad, and never think of them again. What is done is done. Throw off superstition. Have no weakness even in the face of death. Be free.
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Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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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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