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Why 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.

Swami Vivekananda

When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
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Death Goodness Reason
I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
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Life Material Meditation Myself Power
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
Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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Sky Soul Stars
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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Achievement Growth Life Past Progress
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
The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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Inspirational Motivational Thinking Weakness
Feel like Christ and you will be a Christ; feel like Buddha and you will be a Buddha. It is feeling that is the life, the strength, the vitality, without which no amount of intellectual activity can reach God.
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Feeling Intellectual Life
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
Real love is love for love’s sake. I do not ask health or money or life or salvation.
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Health Love Myself Reality
There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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End Human Men Power
Ishvara is the highest manifestation of the Absolute Reality, or in other words, the highest possible reading of the Absolute by the human mind. Creation is eternal, and so also is Ishvara.
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Mind Possible Reading Reality
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
Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.
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Easy Inspirational
When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.
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Ignorance Men Mindset Perfection
Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.
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Hurt Inspirational Intelligence Motivational People

Why 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.

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Why 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.

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