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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.

Swami Vivekananda

Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.
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Book Necessary Number Secret Time
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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Help Injury Mistake Talk
The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
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Body Divine Greatness Mind Strength Word
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.
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God Laughter Principles Spiritual Yourself
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.
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Inspirational Motivational Power Strong Thinking Weakness
The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
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Nation Progress Treatment Woman
Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
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Inspiration Meditation Practice Soul
Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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Courage Inspirational Motivational Patience
Ishvara is the highest manifestation of the Absolute Reality, or in other words, the highest possible reading of the Absolute by the human mind. Creation is eternal, and so also is Ishvara.
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Mind Possible Reading Reality
All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.
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Body Food Force Human
The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself – this is called life.
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Awakening Effort Life Soul Spiritual
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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Alone Heart Joy Peace Person Suffering True
Mind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the strengthening, the disciplining, of the mind.
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Discipline Knowledge Mindset Strength Value
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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Blame Determination Inspirational Lesson
Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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Happiness Independence Misery Motivational
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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Alone Body Heart Light Sacrifice Soul

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