Liberty is the first condition of growth. It is wrong, a thousand times wrong, if any of you dares to say, ‘I will work out the salvation of this woman or child.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDATake courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
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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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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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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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Religion is realization; not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing, or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming what it believes.
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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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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
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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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Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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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 remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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