Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAMan always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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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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Real love is love for love’s sake. I do not ask health or money or life or salvation.
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Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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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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The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.
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Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.
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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.
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It is not that Christ is superior to Allah, not that Allah is everything and Brahma is nothing, but it is the same one whom you call either Brahma or Allah, or Almighty, or by a hundred other names. The names are different but God is one and the same.
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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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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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Mind you, there is no value in learning. You are all mistaken in learning. The only value of knowledge is in the strengthening, the disciplining, of the mind.
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Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.
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