The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDATell 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.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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The great lesson is, that unity is behind all. Call it God, Love, Spirit. Allah, Jehovah – it is the same unity that animates all life from the lowest animal to the noblest man.
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He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind – that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.
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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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This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.
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Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.
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What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.
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When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
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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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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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Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
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Your success is not measured in terms of what all you obtained but in term of what you become, how you live and what actions you do. Upon this point reflect well and attain great happiness
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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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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Religion is realization; not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing, or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming what it believes.
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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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