He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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.
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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 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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Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.
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Ishvara is the highest manifestation of the Absolute Reality, or in other words, the highest possible reading of the Absolute by the human mind. Creation is eternal, and so also is Ishvara.
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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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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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The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
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There is only one Soul in the Universe. There is no ‘you’ or ‘me’; all variety is merged into the absolute unity, the one infinite existence – God.
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True progress is slow but sure.
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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The great lesson is, that unity is behind all. Call it God, Love, Spirit. Allah, Jehovah – it is the same unity that animates all life from the lowest animal to the noblest man.
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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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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.
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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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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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The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
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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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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.
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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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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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Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.
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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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The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.
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