We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWhat we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.
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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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None of us have yet seen an ideally perfect man, and yet without that ideal we cannot progress.
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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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Everyone goes with the flow. But the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
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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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Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.
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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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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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Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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If you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.
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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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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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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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He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind – that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.
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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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