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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDANever say NO, Never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the pure joy of real freedom
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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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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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Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.
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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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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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In whatever name or form they are offered, all these flowers are laid at God’s feet, for He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls.
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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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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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Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
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Never say NO, Never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.
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Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help 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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Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
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