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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAIt is faith that makes a lion of a man.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Onward, my brave boys – money or no money – men or no men! Have you love? Have you God? Onward and forward to the breach, you are irresistible.
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You must all pay attention to your health first.
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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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The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.
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The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
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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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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.
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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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If in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true; this I have learnt after suffering all my life; all else is mere moonshine.
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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.
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I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion – it is India.
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Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that. You never help one by talking about his fault; you do him an injury, and injure yourself as well.
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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
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