I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAAll the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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True progress is slow but sure.
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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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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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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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The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
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Everyone goes with the flow. But the one who goes against the flow becomes someone remarkable in life.
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Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear.
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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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Have faith in yourself. You people were once the Vedic Rishis. Only, you have come in different forms, that’s all. I see it clear as daylight that you all have infinite power in you. Rouse that up; arise, arise – apply yourselves heart and soul, gird up your loins.
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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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Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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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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