Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAPurity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be slow.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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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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By practice men can bring even the heart under control, until it will just beat at will, slowly, or quickly, or almost stop. Nearly every part of the body can be brought under control.
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As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.
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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
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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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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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Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.
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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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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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You must all pay attention to your health first.
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Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.
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