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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDABe grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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Never say, ‘No’, never say, ‘I cannot’, for you are infinite. Even time and space are as nothing compared with your nature. You can do anything and everything, you are almighty
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Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
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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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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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Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.
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None of us have yet seen an ideally perfect man, and yet without that ideal we cannot progress.
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We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
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What we call powers, secrets of nature, and force, are all within. In the external world are only a series of changes.
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There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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As soon as we react, we become slaves. A man blames me, and I immediately react in the form of anger. A little vibration which he created made me a slave.
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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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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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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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He who has infinite patience and infinite energy at his back, will alone succeed.
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True progress is slow but sure.
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