Swami Vivekananda on flow
“Everyone goes with the flow. But the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.”
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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.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda You must all pay attention to your health first.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda 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.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Learn to feel yourself in other bodies, to know that we are all one. Throw all other nonsense to the winds. Spit out your actions, good or bad, and never think of them again. What is done is done. Throw off superstition. Have no weakness even in the face of death. Be free.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda 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 VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Never say NO, Never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda The man who gives way to anger, or hatred, or any other passion, cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces, and does nothing practical. It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda 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.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda You are incarnations of God, all of you. You are incarnations of the Almighty, Omnipresent, Divine Principle. You may laugh at me now, but the time will come when you will understand. You must. Nobody will be left behind.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda
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Rachel WolchinRachel Wolchin We fail ourselves in many ways by hoping and praying for people to change, but little do we know the more rely on others, our growth delays.
Jenny AJenny A You make the pain I make it art-the girl with the soft heart.
Charlie GilbertCharlie Gilbert I promised to meet many, But I rang only your doorbell.
Moses AlexanderMoses Alexander How beautiful she is to have tears as unapologetic as the rain.
Lacie SheaLacie Shea Your circumstances are 100% your fault.
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I thought when I became a Christian I had nothing to do but just to lay my oars in the bottom of the boat and float along. But I soon found that I would have to go against the current.
Dwight L. MoodyDwight L. Moody I can be stressed, or tired, and I can go into a meditation and it all just flows off of me. I’ll come out of it refreshed and centered and that’s how I’ll feel and it’ll carry through the day.
Ray DalioRay Dalio instinct leads me to another flow.
Queen LatifahQueen Latifah The love that flows through your heart purifies not only your own spirit, but the love you share with others.
Caroline MyssCaroline Myss Never focus your eyes on the obstacle or the difficulty. The obstacle will be a matter of total indifference to the river that will flow steadily through you if you will simply remember to stay focused on the Source.
Oswald ChambersOswald Chambers Deep at the center of my being there is an infinite well of love. I now allow this love to flow to the surface.
Louise HayLouise Hay The greater the will, the greater the flow of energy.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda I think it’s my adventure, my trip, my journey, and I guess my attitude is, let the chips fall where they may.
Leonard NimoyLeonard Nimoy
