Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAIf you are pure, if you are strong, you, one man are equal to the whole world.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
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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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He whose book of the heart has been opened needs no other books.
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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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Astrology and all these mystical things are generally signs of a weak mind.
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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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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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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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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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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.
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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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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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This is the first lesson to learn: be determined not to curse anything outside, not to lay the blame upon anyone outside, but stand up, lay the blame on yourself. You will find that is always true. Get hold of yourself.
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