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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.

Swami Vivekananda

Let him who has courage in his mind and love in his heart come with me. I want none else.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Courage Heart Love Mind Myself
Know that all sins and all evils can be summed up in that one word, weakness. It is weakness that is the motive power in all evil doing; it is weakness that makes men injure others; it is weakness that makes them manifest what they are not in reality. Let them know what they really are.
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Men Motivational Power Reality Strength Weakness
Do not fret because the world looks with suspicion at every new attempt, even though it be in the path of spirituality.
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Looks Path Spirituality World
The attempt is to kill the false “I”, so that the real “I”, the Lord, will reign. “I the Lord thy God am a jealous God. Thou shalt have no other gods before me,” say the Hebrew scriptures.
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God Jealous Myself Reality Reign
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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Awakening Effort Life Soul Spiritual
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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Character Habit Hope Man Reform
The man who gives way to anger, or hatred, or any other passion, cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces, and does nothing practical. It is the calm, forgiving, equable, well-balanced mind that does the greatest amount of work.
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Anger Break Men Passion Pieces
The past was great no doubt, but I sincerely believe that the future will be more glorious still.
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Believe Doubt Glory Greatness Past
True progress is slow but sure.
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Inspirational One Liner Progress True
The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.
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Nation Progress Treatment Woman
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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Motivational Teacher Teaching Understand
Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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Men Moral Strength Willing
Shri Ramakrishna use to say, “As Long as I Live, so long do I learn”. That man or that society which has nothing to learn is already in the jaws of death.
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Death Learning Men Myself
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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Anger Deep Men Philsophy Reaction Slave
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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Expectation Knowing Life Perfect
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.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

Gift Inspirational Life Motivational World

The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.

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