Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDADo not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
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Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing “noses on us,” as in the case of the man who had three boons to ask. We never get freedom until we are self-contained. “Self is the Saviour of self, none else.”
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True progress is slow but sure.
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Mind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the strengthening, the disciplining, of the mind.
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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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Shri Ramakrishna use to say, “As Long as I Live, so long do I learn”. That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death.
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There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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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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We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
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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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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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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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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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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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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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