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.
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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There is no end to the power a man can obtain.
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They only live, who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.
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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.
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True progress is slow but sure.
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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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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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Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant.
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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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If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow.
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We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work. And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to one Idea and to one alone, we never, never will see the Light.
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The earth is enjoyed by heroes”- this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.
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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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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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Onward, my brave boys – money or no money – men or no men! Have you love? Have you God? Onward and forward to the breach, you are irresistible.
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