Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing “noses on us,” as in the case of the man who had three boons to ask. We never get freedom until we are self-contained. “Self is the Saviour of self, none else.”
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAPersevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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True progress is slow but sure.
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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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Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, you Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide!
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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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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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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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The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.
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The help which tends to make us spiritually strong is the highest help, next to it comes intellectual help and after that comes physical help.
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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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Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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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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We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
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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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Whatever you believe, that you will be. If you believe yourselves to be sages, sages you will be tomorrow. There is nothing to obstruct you.
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The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.
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