All practice or worship is only for taking off this veil. When that will go, you will find that the Sun of Absolute Knowledge is shining in Its own lustre.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDALearn 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.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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No one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself. The external teacher offers only the suggestion, which arouses the internal teacher, who helps us to understand things.
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True progress is slow but sure.
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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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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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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.
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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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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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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.
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We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work. And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to one Idea and to one alone, we never, never will see the Light.
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The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
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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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As soon as we react, we become slaves. A man blames me, and I immediately react in the form of anger. A little vibration which he created made me a slave.
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