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He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind – that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.

Swami Vivekananda

Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
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Begining Devotion Ideal Necessary Practice Religious
Mind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the strengthening, the disciplining, of the mind.
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Discipline Knowledge Mindset Strength Value
We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
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Responsibility Suffering
If 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.
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Alone Heart Joy Peace Person Suffering True
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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Astrology Mind Weakness
The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.
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Believe Doubt Glory Greatness Past
Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.
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Attachment Avoid Endurance Liberty
Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
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Coward Fear Greatness Selfishness
Have faith in yourself. You people were once the Vedic Rishis. Only, you have come in different forms, that’s all. I see it clear as daylight that you all have infinite power in you. Rouse that up; arise, arise – apply yourselves heart and soul, gird up your loins.
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Different Faith Heart People Power Yourself
The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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Inspirational Motivational Thinking Weakness
The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.
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Learning Spirituality Teaching
There is no other teacher but your own soul.
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One Liner Soul Spiritual Teacher
The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
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Body Divine Greatness Mind Strength Word
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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Book Necessary Number Secret Time
Religion is realization; not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing, or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming what it believes.
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Acknowledgement Beautiful Believe Religion Soul Theory
No one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself. The external teacher offers only the suggestion, which arouses the internal teacher, who helps us to understand things.
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Motivational Teacher Teaching Understand

He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind – that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.

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He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind – that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.

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