When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
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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Everyone goes with the flow. But the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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You must all pay attention to your health first.
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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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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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Never say any man is hopeless, because he only represents a character, a bundle of habits, which can be checked by new and better ones. Character is repeated habits, and repeated habits alone can reform character.
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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.
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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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We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
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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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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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Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.
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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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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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