Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThere is only one Soul in the Universe. There is no ‘you’ or ‘me’; all variety is merged into the absolute unity, the one infinite existence – God.
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Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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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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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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Feel 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.
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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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Talk to yourself atleast once in a Day.. Otherwise you may miss a meeting with an EXCELLENT person in this World.
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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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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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Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
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Perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Therefore we must always expect to find things not up to our highest ideal. Knowing this, we are bound to make the best of everything.
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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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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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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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