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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.

Swami Vivekananda

Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Happiness Independence Misery Motivational
The great lesson is, that unity is behind all. Call it God, Love, Spirit. Allah, Jehovah – it is the same unity that animates all life from the lowest animal to the noblest man.
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Animal Man Men Spirit Unity
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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Alone Care Happiness Love Mindset Misery
Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life – think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
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Gift Inspirational Life Motivational World
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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Inspiration Meditation Practice Soul
The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
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Nation Progress Treatment Woman
The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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Attainment Progress Test
No one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself. The external teacher offers only the suggestion, which arouses the internal teacher, who helps us to understand things.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Motivational Teacher Teaching Understand
The man who gives way to anger, or hatred, or any other passion, cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces, and does nothing practical. It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.
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Anger Break Men Passion Pieces
Real freedom is not merely doing what you like, but also NOT doing what you like.
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Freedom Reality
Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.
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Character Difference Fame Learning Money Pay Wall
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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Ability Goal Motivational
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.
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Children Growth Woman Work Out Wrong
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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Inspirational Motivational Power Strong Thinking Weakness
There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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End Human Men Power
You must all pay attention to your health first.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Attention Health Pay Yourself

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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