By practice men can bring even the heart under control, until it will just beat at will, slowly, or quickly, or almost stop. Nearly every part of the body can be brought under control.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWhat we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
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If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.
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None of us have yet seen an ideally perfect man, and yet without that ideal we cannot progress.
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You must all pay attention to your health first.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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Never say, ‘No’, never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are infinite. Even time and space are as nothing compared with your nature. You can do anything and everything, you are almighty
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The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
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The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.
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Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.
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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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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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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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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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The man who gives way to anger, or hatred, or any other passion, cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces, and does nothing practical. It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.
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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
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When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.
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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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Ishvara is the highest manifestation of the Absolute Reality, or in other words, the highest possible reading of the Absolute by the human mind. Creation is eternal, and so also is Ishvara.
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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.
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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.
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I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion – it is India.
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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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