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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAHe who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
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Say, “I can do everything .” “Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it.”
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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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Perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Therefore we must always expect to find things not up to our highest ideal. Knowing this, we are bound to make the best of everything.
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Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.
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The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.
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We have either to progress or to degenerate. Our ancestors did great things in the past, but we have to grow into a fuller life and march beyond even their great achievements.
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Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
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Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. Be a hero. Always say, ‘I have no fear’. Tell this to everybody-‘Have no fear’.
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We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work. And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to one Idea and to one alone, we never, never will see the Light.
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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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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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