Swami Vivekananda quotes - page 7

Superstition is our great enemy, but bigotry is worse. (Swami Vivekananda)
Truth does not pay homage to any society, ancient or modern. Society has to pay homage to Truth or die. View quote
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A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century. View quote
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The powers of the mind should be concentrated and the mind turned back upon itself; as the darkest places reveal their secrets before the penetrating rays of the sun, so will the concentrated mind penetrate its own innermost secrets. View quote
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After so much austerity I have known that the highest truth is this: He is present in every being! These are all in manifold forms of him. There is no other God to seek for! He alone is worshipping God, who serves all beings! View quote
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To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. "I will drink the ocean", says the persevering soul; "at my will mountains will crumble up." Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal. View quote
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"Face the brutes.” That is a lesson for all life - face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them. View quote
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God is merciful to those whom He sees struggling heart and soul for realization. But remain idle, without any struggle, and you will see that His grace will never come. View quote
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If there is one word that you find coming out like a bomb from the Upanishads, bursting like a bombshell upon masses of ignorance, it is the word "fearlessness.”. View quote
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Our supreme duty is to advance toward freedom-physical, mental, and spiritual-and help others to do so. View quote
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It is the cheerful mind that is persevering. It is the strong mind that hews its way through a thousand difficulties. (Swami Vivekananda)
Religion as a science, as a study, is the greatest and healthiest exercise that the human mind can have. View quote
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There is no help for you outside of yourself; you are the creator of the universe. Like the silkworm you have built a cocoon around yourself.... Burst your own cocoon and come out as the beautiful butterfly, as the free soul. Then alone you will see Truth. View quote
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Perfection does not come from belief or faith. Talk does not count for anything. Parrots can do that. Perfection comes through selfless work. View quote
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This I have seen in life-those who are overcautious about themselves fall into dangers at every step; those who are afraid of losing honor and respect, get only disgrace; and those who are always afraid of loss, always lose. View quote
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I, for one, thoroughly believe that no power in the universe can withhold from anyone anything he really deserves. View quote
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"I am the thread that runs through all these pearls," and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and God is the thread that runs through all of them; most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it. View quote
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Those who work at a thing heart and soul not only achieve success in it but through their absorption in that they also realize the supreme truth-Brahman. Those who work at a thing with their whole heart receive help from God. View quote
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The power of purity-it is a definite power. View quote
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As long as we believe ourselves to be even the least different from God, fear remains with us; but when we know ourselves to be the One, fear goes; of what can we be afraid? View quote
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This is the great lesson that we are here to learn through myriads of births and heavens and hells-that there is nothing to be asked for, desired for, beyond one's spiritual Self. (Swami Vivekananda)
All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for love's sake, because it is the only law of life, just as you breathe to live. View quote
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Ye are the children of God, the sharers of immortal bliss, holy and perfect beings. Ye divinities on earth - sinners! It is a sin to call man so; it is a standing libel on human nature. Come up, lions! and shake off the delusion that you are sheep; you are souls immortal, spirits free, blest and eternal. View quote
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The highest truth is this: God is present in all beings. They are His multiple forms. There is no other God to seek.... It is a man-making religion that we want.... Give up these weakening mysticisms, and be strong.... For the next fifty years. ... let all other gods disappear from our minds. This is the only God that is awake, our own race, everywhere His hands, everywhere His feet, everywhere His ears; He covers everything.... The first of all worships is the worship of those all around us. ... He alone serves God who serves all other beings. View quote
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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. View quote
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