Liberty is the first condition of growth. It is wrong, a thousand times wrong, if any of you dares to say, ‘I will work out the salvation of this woman or child.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAHe who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Whatever you believe, that you will be. If you believe yourselves to be sages, sages you will be tomorrow. There is nothing to obstruct you.
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Everything is ended if you forgive and forget.
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Never say NO, Never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.
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The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself – this is called life.
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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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All practice or worship is only for taking off this veil. When that will go, you will find that the Sun of Absolute Knowledge is shining in Its own lustre.
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Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
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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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We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
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Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.
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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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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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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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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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Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.
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Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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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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The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
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Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that. You never help one by talking about his fault; you do him an injury, and injure yourself as well.
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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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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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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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We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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Real love is love for love’s sake. I do not ask health or money or life or salvation.
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