Swami Vivekananda on body
Swami Vivekananda116 quotes“Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.”
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Religion is realization; not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing, or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming what it believes.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda It is not that Christ is superior to Allah, not that Allah is everything and Brahma is nothing, but it is the same one whom you call either Brahma or Allah, or Almighty, or by a hundred other names. The names are different but God is one and the same.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. Be a hero. Always say, ‘I have no fear’. Tell this to everybody-‘Have no fear’.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Your success is not measured in terms of what all you obtained but in term of what you become, how you live and what actions you do. Upon this point reflect well and attain great happiness
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda 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.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda 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.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Real love is love for love’s sake. I do not ask health or money or life or salvation.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda 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.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda The earth is enjoyed by heroes”- this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda
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