Swami Vivekananda Quotes, Philosophy Quotes, Light Quotes

As to the so-called Hindu idolatry - first go and learn the forms they are going through, and where it is that the worshippers are really worshipping, whether in the temple, in the image, or in the temple of their own bodies. First know for certain what they are doing - which more than ninety per cent of the revilers are thoroughly ignorant of - and then it will explain itself in the light of the Vedantic philosophy.

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Move onward and carry into practice.

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The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.

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If the Lord wills, we shall make this Math a great centre of harmony. Our Lord is the visible embodiment of the harmony of all ideals. He will be established on earth if we keep alive that spirit of harmony here. We must see to it that people of all creeds and sects, from the Brahmana down to the Chandala, may come here and find their respective ideals manifested.

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It is faith that makes a lion of a man.

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India is immortal if she persists in her search for God. But if she goes in for politics and social conflict, she will die.

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Have faith that you are all, my brave lads, born to do great things! Let not the barks of puppies frighten you, no, not even the thunderbolts of heaven, but stand up and work!

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The book one must read to learn natural sciences is the book of nature. The book from which to learn religion is your own mind and heart.

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Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience, and indomitable will must show.

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Know that every time you feel weak, you not only hurt yourself but also the cause. Infinite faith and strength are the only conditions of success.

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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.

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The awakening of the soul to its bondage and its effort to stand up and assert itself - this is called life.

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Go and preach to all, 'Arise, awake, sleep no more: within each of you there is the power to remove all wants and all miseries. Believe this, and that power will be manifested.

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As soon as we identify ourselves with the work we do, we feel miserable; but if we do not identify ourselves with it, we do not feel that misery.

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Change is always subjective.

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Man is greater than the gods.

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Ahimsa (non-killing), truthfulness, purity, mercy, and godliness are always to be kept.

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Blessed are they whose bodies get destroyed in the service of others.

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All law has its essence in causation.

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Brave, bold people, these are what we want.

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