Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAMan makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.
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Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.
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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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Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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True progress is slow but sure.
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Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear.
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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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I have come to this conclusion that there is only one country in the world which understands religion – it is India.
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Shri Ramakrishna use to say, “As Long as I Live, so long do I learn”. That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death.
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We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
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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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The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
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If in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true; this I have learnt after suffering all my life; all else is mere moonshine.
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