Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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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Onward, my brave boys – money or no money – men or no men! Have you love? Have you God? Onward and forward to the breach, you are irresistible.
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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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There is only one Soul in the Universe. There is no ‘you’ or ‘me’; all variety is merged into the absolute unity, the one infinite existence – God.
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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.
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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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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All practice or worship is only for taking off this veil. When that will go, you will find that the Sun of Absolute Knowledge is shining in Its own lustre.
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The gift of knowledge is the highest gift in the world.
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Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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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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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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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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Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
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Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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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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As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave.
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Religion is realization; not talk, nor doctrine, nor theories however beautiful they may be. It is being and becoming, not hearing, or acknowledging; it is the whole soul becoming what it believes.
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There is no other teacher but your own soul.
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All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.
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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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The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.
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Do not desire, for what you desire you get, and with it comes terrible bondage. It is nothing but bringing “noses on us,” as in the case of the man who had three boons to ask. We never get freedom until we are self-contained. “Self is the Saviour of self, none else.”
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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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