We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDADo not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing “noses on us,” as in the case of the man who had three boons to ask. We never get freedom until we are self-contained. “Self is the Saviour of self, none else.”
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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True progress is slow but sure.
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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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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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Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
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Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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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
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Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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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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The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself – this is called life.
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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that. You never help one by talking about his fault; you do him an injury, and injure yourself as well.
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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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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.
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