All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAEveryone goes with the flow. But the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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Feel like Christ and you will be a Christ; feel like Buddha and you will be a Buddha. It is feeling that is the life, the strength, the vitality, without which no amount of intellectual activity can reach God.
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Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.
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Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
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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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Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.
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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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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.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.
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True progress is slow but sure.
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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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Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
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