He who struggles is better than he who never attempts.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAThe history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.
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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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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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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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Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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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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Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.
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Learn to feel yourself in other bodies, to know that we are all one. Throw all other nonsense to the winds. Spit out your actions, good or bad, and never think of them again. What is done is done. Throw off superstition. Have no weakness even in the face of death. Be free.
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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, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
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The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing “noses on us,” as in the case of the man who had three boons to ask. We never get freedom until we are self-contained. “Self is the Saviour of self, none else.”
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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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