All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWhy 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.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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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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If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.
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Your success is not measured in terms of what all you obtained but in term of what you become, how you live and what actions you do. Upon this point reflect well and attain great happiness
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There is only one Soul in the Universe. There is no ‘you’ or ‘me’; all variety is merged into the absolute unity, the one infinite existence – God.
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Our own selfishness makes us the most arrant cowards; our own selfishness is the great cause of fear and cowardice.
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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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There is no other teacher but your own soul.
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True progress is slow but sure.
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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.
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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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If you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.
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The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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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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Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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