Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAMan makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.
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Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.
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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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The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
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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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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.
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What 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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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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Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
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Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
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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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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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