Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAPersevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
SWAMI VIVEKANANDATake courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAAstrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThe gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAHe who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDANo one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself. The external teacher offers only the suggestion, which arouses the internal teacher, who helps us to understand things.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAIn 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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWhy should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAEverything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAYou are strong, omnipotent, and omniscient. No matter that you have not expressed it yet, it is in you. All knowledge is in you, all power, all purity, and all freedom-why cannot you express this knowledge? Because you do not believe in it. Believe in it, and it must and will come out.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDATrue progress is slow but sure.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAHe 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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWhen death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDATo get any reason out of the mass of incongruity we call human life, we have to transcend our reason, but we must do it scientifically, slowly, by regular practice, and we must cast off all superstition.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThere is no other teacher but your own soul.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDABy 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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