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 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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Talk to yourself atleast once in a Day.. Otherwise you may miss a meeting with an EXCELLENT person in this World.
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Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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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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Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
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Never say any man is hopeless, because he only represents a character, a bundle of habits, which can be checked by new and better ones. Character is repeated habits, and repeated habits alone can reform character.
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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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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.
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The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
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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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If you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.
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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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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.
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