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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A well organized education should not be one which prepares students for a good remuneration alone. It should be one that can help and guide them towards acquiring clear thinking, a fruitful mind, and an elevated spirit.

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First the amendment of their own minds. For the removal of the impediments of the mind will sooner clear the passages of fortune than the obtaining fortune will remove the impediments of the mind.

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A man can wear out a particular part of his mind by continually using and tiring it, just in the same way he can wear out the elbows of his coat.

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Affection is important because it counters anger, hatred and suspicion that can prevent our minds from functioning clearly.

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All thought is a feat of association; having what's in front of you bring up something in your mind that you almost didn't know you knew

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Freedom is now or never.

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Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts.

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The real enemy of happiness is the mind's fixations and delusions... If you have the right mind, you can overcome anything - you can be happy, no matter what.

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A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross.

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The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.

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Music is a current of hard choices made to seem easy by the mind.

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A well-prepared mind hopes in adversity and fears in prosperity. [Lat., Sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem, bene preparatum Pectus.]

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COMFORT, n. A state of mind produced by contemplation of a neighbor's uneasiness.

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I like the unreality of your mind; the whole thing is very splendid and voluptuous and absurd.

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It's better to be first in the mind than to be first in the marketplace.

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That glorious vision of doing good is so often the sanguine mirage of so many good minds.

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A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.

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In my schoolboy days I had no aversion to slavery. I was not aware there was anything wrong about it. No-one arraigned it in my hearing; the local papers said nothing against it; the local pulpit taught us that God approved it, that it was a holy thing, and that the doubter need only look in the Bible if he wished to settle his mind.

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The music masters familiarize children's minds with rhythms and melodies, thus making them more civilized, more balanced, better adjusted in themselves, and more capable in whatever they say or do, for rhythm and harmony are essential to the whole of life.

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