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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDASay, “I can do everything .” “Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it.”
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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No one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself. The external teacher offers only the suggestion, which arouses the internal teacher, who helps us to understand things.
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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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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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Say, “I can do everything .” “Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it.”
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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We have either to progress or to degenerate. Our ancestors did great things in the past, but we have to grow into a fuller life and march beyond even their great achievements.
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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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Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
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True progress is slow but sure.
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Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.
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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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Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
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Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
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There 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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