Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAEach soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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It is not that Christ is superior to Allah, not that Allah is everything and Brahma is nothing, but it is the same one whom you call either Brahma or Allah, or Almighty, or by a hundred other names. The names are different but God is one and the same.
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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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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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Everyone goes with the flow. But the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
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Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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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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Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.
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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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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.
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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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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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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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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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