Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be.
SWAMI VIVEKANANDAWe, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
More Swami Vivekananda Quotes
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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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The infinite library of the Universe is in your mind.
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Man’s experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool.
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Man makes the mistake of separating himself from God and identifying himself with the body.
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All the forces that are working in this body have been produced out of food; we see that every day.
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The test of progress is the amount of renunciation that one has attained.
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Each soul is a star and all stars are set in the infinite azure, the eternal sky-the Lord.
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By practice men can bring even the heart under control, until it will just beat at will, slowly, or quickly, or almost stop. Nearly every part of the body can be brought under control.
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Liberty is the first condition of growth. It is wrong, a thousand times wrong, if any of you dares to say, ‘I will work out the salvation of this woman or child.
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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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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.
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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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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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Thank God for giving you this world as a moral gymnasium to help your development, but never imagine you can help the world.
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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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