Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDATo get any reason out of the mass of incongruity we call human life, we have to transcend our reason, but we must do it scientifically, slowly, by regular practice, and we must cast off all superstition.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.
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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.
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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.
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There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.
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You are strong, omnipotent, and omniscient. No matter that you have not expressed it yet, it is in you. All knowledge is in you, all power, all purity, and all freedom-why cannot you express this knowledge? Because you do not believe in it. Believe in it, and it must and will come out.
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The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
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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.
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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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Real love is love for love’s sake. I do not ask health or money or life or salvation.
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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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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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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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