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“Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.”
― Vivekananda

“All the powers in the universe are already ours.”
― Swami Vivekanand

“Never say any man is hopeless, because he only represents a character, a bundle of habits, which can be checked by new and better ones. Character is repeated habits, and repeated habits alone can reform character.   तत्र”
― Swami Vivekanand, Patanjali's Yoga Sutras: Art of Living

“Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, the body, muscles, nerves, every part of your body be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success, and this is the way great spiritual giants are produced.”
― Swami Vivekananda, Vedanta Philosophy: Lectures by the Swami Vivekananda on Raja Yoga Also Pantanjali's Yoga Aphorisms, with Commentaries, and Glossary of Sanskrit Terms

“You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you,
none can make you spiritual.
There is no other teacher but your own soul.”
― Vivekananda

“All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak; do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. You can do any thing and everything, without even the guidance of any one. Stand up and express the divinity within you.”
― Vivekananda

“The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.”
― Vivekananda

“The greatest sin is to think yourself weak”
― Vivekananda

“Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.”
― Vivekananda

“We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.”
― Vivekananda

“Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.”
― Vivekananda

“You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.”
― Vivekananda

“Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.”
― Vivekananda

“The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.”
― Vivekananda

“Learn Everything that is Good from Others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it; do not become others.”
― Vivekananda

“Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.”
― Swami Vivekananda

“whatever you think that you will be.
if you think yourself weak,weak you will be;
if you think yourself strong,you will be”
― Swami Vivekananda

“Never say, "O Lord, I am a miserable sinner." Who will help you? You are the help of the universe. What in this universe can help you? What can prevail over you? You are the God of the universe; where can you seek for help? Never help came from anywhere but from yourself. In your ignorance, every prayer that you made and that was answered, you thought was answered by some Being, but you answered the prayer yourself unknowingly. The help came from yourself, and you fondly imagined that someone was sending help to you. There is no help for you outside of yourself; you are the creator of the universe. Like the silkworm, you have built a cocoon around yourself. Who will save you? Burst your own cocoon and come out as a beautiful butterfly, as the free soul. Then alone you will see Truth.”
― Swami Vivekananda, The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Volume 3

“Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.”
― Swami Vivekananda

“All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.”
― Swami Vivekananda

“The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.”
― Swami Vivekananda

“The only religion that ought to be taught is the religion of fearlessness. Either in this world or in the world of religion, it is true that fear is the sure cause of degradation and sin. It is fear that brings misery, fear that brings death, fear that breeds evil. And what causes fear? Ignorance of our own nature.”
― Swami Vivekananda

“Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man.”
― Swami Vivekananda

“The greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence.”
― Swami Vivekananda

“There is no God separate from you, no God higher than you, the real 'you'. All the gods are little beings to you, all the ideas of God and Father in heaven are but your own reflection. God Himself is your image. 'God created man after His own image.' That is wrong. Man creates God after his own image. That is right. Throughout the universe we are creating gods after our own image. We create the god and fall down at his feet and worship him; and when this dream comes, we love it!”
― Swami Vivekananda, The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Volume 3

“There is no limit to the power of the human mind. The more concentrated it is, the more power is brought to bear on one point”
― Swami Vivekananda

“Do not believe a thing because you have read about it in a book. Do not believe a thing because another man has said it was true. Do not believe in words because they are hallowed by tradition. Find out the truth for yourself. Reason it out. That is realization.”
― Swami Vivekananda

“The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain — and the whole world is at your feet.”
― Swami Vivekananda

“The very reason for nature's existence is for the education of the soul.”
― Swami Vivekananda, Karma Yoga: the Yoga of Action

“All knowledge that the world has ever received comes from the mind; the infinite library of the universe is in our own mind.”
― Swami Vivekananda