Swami Vivekananda Quotes, Self Quotes, Mind Quotes

That which is nearest is least observed. The Atman is the nearest of the near, therefore the careless and the unsteady mind gets no clue to it. But the person who is alert, calm, self-restrained, and discriminating ignores the external world and, diving more and more into the inner world, realizes the glory of the Atman and becomes great.

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Openness of mind strengthens the truth in us and removes the dross from it, if there is any.

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Men that hazard all Do it in hope of fair advantages: A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross.

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Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heav'n on all his ways.

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When I go out on the field, I just put it in my mind that I'm playing for my family.

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How can we speak of the action of the mind under any divisions, as of its knowledge, of its ethics, of its works, and so forth, since it melts will into perception, knowledge into act? Each becomes the other. Itself alone is.

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Then I realized that secrecy is actually to the detriment of my own peace of mind and self, and that I could still sustain my belief in privacy and be authentic and transparent at the same time. It was a pretty revelatory moment, and there's been a liberating force that's come from it.

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Motives by excess reverse their very nature and instead of exciting, stun and stupefy the mind.

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A meditative mind is at ease because it's not trying to acquire anything.

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Know that the mind which is born to succeed joins itself to a determined will and perseveres.

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When the contemplative mind is a French mind, it is content, for the most part, to contemplate France. When the contemplative mind is an English mind, it is liable to be seized at any moment by an importunate desire to contemplate Morocco or Labrador.

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I'm happier. I guess I made up my mind to be that way.

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I did say, at Chicago, in my speech there, that I do wish to see the spread of slavery arrested and to see it placed where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in course of ultimate extinction.

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Calm of mind, all passion spent.

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It is noticed, that the consideration of the great periods and spaces of astronomy induces a dignity of mind, and an indifferenceto death.

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Of all ruins, that of a noble mind is the most deplorable.

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Of course, you can’t force your mind to be silent. That would be like trying to smooth ripples in water with a flatiron. Water becomes clear and calm only when left alone.

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Look at your own mind. The one who carries things thinks he's got things, but the one who looks on sees only the heaviness. Throw away things, lose them, and find lightness.

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If you use your mind to look for a Buddha, you won't see the Buddha.

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Prayer is the very highest energy of which the mind is capable.

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