He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAIf 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.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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The help which tends to make us spiritually strong is the highest help, next to it comes intellectual help and after that comes physical help.
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The earth is enjoyed by heroes”- this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.
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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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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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Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
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Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.
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Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
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Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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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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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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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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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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All practice or worship is only for taking off this veil. When that will go, you will find that the Sun of Absolute Knowledge is shining in Its own lustre.
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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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There is only one Soul in the Universe. There is no ‘you’ or ‘me’; all variety is merged into the absolute unity, the one infinite existence – God.
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