Swami Vivekananda Quotes, Country Quotes, India Quotes

Religion is the life of India, religion is the language of this country, the symbol of all its movements.

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Get up, and set your shoulder to the wheel - How long is this life for? As you have come into this world, leave some mark behind. Otherwise, where is the difference between you and the trees and stones? They too come into existence, decay and die.

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Neither seek nor avoid; take what comes. It is liberty to be affected by nothing. Do not merely endure; be unattached.

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Our best work is done, our greatest influence is exerted, when we are without thought of self.

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We have lost faith in ourselves. Therefore to preach the Advaita aspect of the Vedanta is necessary to rouse up the hearts of men, to show them the glory of their souls. It is therefore that I preach this Advaita, and I do so not as a sectarian, but upon universal and widely acceptable grounds.

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There must be no fear, no begging, but demanding - demanding the Highest. The true devotees of the Mother are as hard, as adamant and as fearless as lions. They are not in the least upset if the whole universe suddenly crumbles into dust at their feet. Make Her listen to you. None of that cringing to Mother! Remember, She is all-powerful; She can make heroes out of stones.

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We must patiently practice every day.

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This idea of body is a simple superstition. It is superstition that makes us happy or unhappy. It is superstition caused by ignorance that makes us feel heat and cold, pain and pleasure.

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Stand upon the Atman, then only can we truly love the world. Take a very, very high stand; knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.

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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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Good and evil thoughts are each a potent power, and they fill the universe.

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There is nothing beyond God, and the sense enjoyments are simply something through which we are passing now in the hope of getting better things.

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There is no power on earth which can be kept long confined within a narrow limit. It cannot be kept compressed too long to allow of expansion at a subsequent period.

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To be more free is the goal of all our efforts, for only in perfect freedom can there be perfection.

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Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

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I am a socialist not because I think it is a perfect system, but half a loaf is better than no bread. The other system has been tried and found wanting

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What do you gain in heaven? You become gods, drink nectar, and get rheumatism. There is less misery there than on earth, but also less truth.

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Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to God, and say utterly, 'Thy will be done.' We only dream this bondage. Wake up and let it go.

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If the mind is pleased with praise, it will be displeased with blame.

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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!

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