Swami Vivekananda Quotes, Brother Quotes, Book Quotes

You nourish your minds by reading books. There is no good in doing that unless you hold it also as a sacrifice to the whole world. For the whole world is one; you are rated a very insignificant part of it, and therefore it is right for you that you should serve your millions of brothers rather than aggrandise this little self

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What we want is muscles of iron and nerves of steel. We have wept long enough. No more weeping, but stand on your feet and be men. It is man-making theories that we want. It is man-making education all round that we want.

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Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will.

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The difference between architecture and building is that the former expresses an idea, while the latter is merely a structure built on economical principles. The value of matter depends solely on its capacities of expressing ideas.

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Until higher institutions have been evolved, any attempt to break the old ones will be disastrous.

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He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind - that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free.

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Praise and blame, good and bad, even heat and cold, must be equally acceptable to us.

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March on, the Lord is our General.

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Everybody is changing.

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The Absolute and the Infinite can become this universe only by limitation.

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There is only one Soul in the Universe. There is no 'you' or 'me'; all variety is merged into the absolute unity, the one infinite existence - God.

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Bold words and bolder deeds are what we want. Awake, awake, great ones! The world is burning with misery. Can you sleep?

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Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin; to say that you are weak, or others are weak.

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Where is fate and who is fate? We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none else has the praise. We make our own destiny. The Christian is not to become a Hindu or a Buddhist, nor a Hindu or a Buddhist to become a Christian. Each must assimilate the spirit of other religion and yet preserve his individuality and follow his own law of growth.

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Freedom can never be reached by the weak. Throw away all weakness. Tell your body that it is strong, tell your mind that it is strong, and have unbounded faith and hope in yourself.

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The natural state of this universe is attraction; and that is surely followed by an ultimate disunion.

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It is the want that creates the body.

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Space-time-causation, or name-and-form, is what is called Maya.

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Motion is the sign of life.

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First, meditation should be of a negative nature. Think away everything. Analyse everything that comes in the mind by the sheer action of the will. Next, assert what we really are-existence, knowledge, and bliss-being, knowing, and loving.

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