He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThe 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.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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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.
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Have faith in yourself. You people were once the Vedic Rishis. Only, you have come in different forms, that’s all. I see it clear as daylight that you all have infinite power in you. Rouse that up; arise, arise – apply yourselves heart and soul, gird up your loins.
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Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.
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Never say NO, Never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.
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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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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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Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
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The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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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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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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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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