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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDABy 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.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself – this is called life.
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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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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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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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Have faith in yourself. You people were once the Vedic Rishis. Only, you have come in different forms, that’s all. I see it clear as daylight that you all have infinite power in you. Rouse that up; arise, arise – apply yourselves heart and soul, gird up your loins.
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The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
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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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Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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Perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Therefore we must always expect to find things not up to our highest ideal. Knowing this, we are bound to make the best of everything.
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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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