The attempt is to kill the false “I”, so that the real “I”, the Lord, will reign. “I the Lord thy God am a jealous God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me,” say the Hebrew scriptures.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAFeel 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.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.
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Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, you Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide!
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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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You are strong, omnipotent, and omniscient. No matter that you have not expressed it yet, it is in you. All knowledge is in you, all power, all purity, and all freedom-why cannot you express this knowledge? Because you do not believe in it. Believe in it, and it must and will come out.
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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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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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There is no other teacher but your own soul.
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Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
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Real love is love for love’s sake. I do not ask health or money or life or salvation.
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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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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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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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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.
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