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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAOur 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.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
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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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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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We cannot see outside what we are not inside. The universe is to us what the huge engine is to the miniature engine; and indication of any error in the tiny engine leads us to imagine trouble in the huge one.
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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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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When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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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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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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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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Shri Ramakrishna use to say, “As Long as I Live, so long do I learn”. That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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In whatever name or form they are offered, all these flowers are laid at God’s feet, for He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls.
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