The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAPurity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.
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The attempt is to kill the false “I”, so that the real “I”, the Lord, will reign. “I the Lord thy God am a jealous God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me,” say the Hebrew scriptures.
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As soon as we react, we become slaves. A man blames me, and I immediately react in the form of anger. A little vibration which he created made me a slave.
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Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.
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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.
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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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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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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.
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The great lesson is, that unity is behind all. Call it God, Love, Spirit. Allah, Jehovah – it is the same unity that animates all life from the lowest animal to the noblest man.
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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.
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Know that all sins and all evils can be summed up in that one word, weakness. It is weakness that is the motive power in all evil doing; it is weakness that makes men injure others; it is weakness that makes them manifest what they are not in reality. Let them know what they really are.
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You must all pay attention to your health first.
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There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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