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

Swami Vivekananda

Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion.
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Begining Devotion Ideal Necessary Practice Religious
Dependence is misery. Independence is happiness.
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Happiness Independence Misery Motivational
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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Book Necessary Number Secret Time
It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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Faith Inspirational Lion Men One Liner
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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Death Fear Hell Inspirational Life Motivational Wrong
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
The earth is enjoyed by heroes”- this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.
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Fear Hero Inspirational Motivational Myself
The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.
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Library Mind Yourself
You must all pay attention to your health first.
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Attention Health Pay Yourself
If in this hell of a world one can bring a little joy and peace even for a day into the heart of a single person, that much alone is true; this I have learnt after suffering all my life; all else is mere moonshine.
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Alone Heart Joy Peace Person Suffering True
Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.
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Afraid God Motivational People
To get any reason out of the mass of incongruity we call human life, we have to transcend our reason, but we must do it scientifically, slowly, by regular practice, and we must cast off all superstition.
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Practice Reason Superstitions
The help which tends to make us spiritually strong is the highest help, next to it comes intellectual help and after that comes physical help.
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Help Intellectual Strong
Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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Astrology Mind Weakness
Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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Men Moral Strength Willing
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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God Laughter Principles Spiritual Yourself

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

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