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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAIn whatever name or form they are offered, all these flowers are laid at God’s feet, for He is the one Lord of all, the one Soul of all souls.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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It is the greatest manifestation of power to be calm.
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You are incarnations of God, all of you. You are incarnations of the Almighty, Omnipresent, Divine Principle. You may laugh at me now, but the time will come when you will understand. You must. Nobody will be left behind.
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Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. Be a hero. Always say, ‘I have no fear’. Tell this to everybody-‘Have no fear’.
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We have either to progress or to degenerate. Our ancestors did great things in the past, but we have to grow into a fuller life and march beyond even their great achievements.
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Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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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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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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Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly.
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Learn to feel yourself in other bodies, to know that we are all one. Throw all other nonsense to the winds. Spit out your actions, good or bad, and never think of them again. What is done is done. Throw off superstition. Have no weakness even in the face of death. Be free.
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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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Say, “I can do everything .” “Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it.”
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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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