My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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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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.
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Man always is perfect, or he never could become so; but he had to realise it.
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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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Say, “I can do everything .” “Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it.”
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There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God.
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He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind – that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.
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When death is so certain, it is better to die for a good cause.
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The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.
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Man in his true nature is substance, soul, spirit.
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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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The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.
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I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
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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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