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“In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.”
― Vivekananda

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“The consistent and persistent man of average intelligence is more likely to succeed than an erratic and lazy genius.”
― Om Swami, The Last Gambit

tags: inspirational

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish

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“Fruits will ripen and drop from the tree on their own if left untouched. But people do pick some fruits. Sometimes, the wind blows and makes the fruit fall. Each fruit has its destiny, which is decided by nature. It is the same with people. Regardless of age, nature decides the time for us to depart. Accept destiny and surrender to nature. It will reduce your suffering.”
― Sri Devi Om, The King of Kings: An Abridged Retelling of Ponniyin Selvan

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“In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path”
― Vivekananda

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“If your own thoughts cannot provoke you, nothing external can provoke you either. Every external occurrence triggers an internal thought that may alter your state of mind. If you can just be the spectator and not the reactor or an adopter of the thought, the thought becomes powerless.”
― Om Swami, The Wellness Sense: A Practical Guide to Your Physical and Emotional Health Based on Ayurvedic and Yogic Wisdom

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#7

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: animals, ethics, gandhi, morals

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“True inner strength is to retain your self-confidence, peace and joy despite what the world around you does or thinks. This strength comes from the understanding that: What others think of you isn't you. What you think of yourself is you,”
― Sri Devi Om

tags: inspirational-attitude

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“Be not Afraid of anything. You will do Marvelous work. it is Fearlessness that brings Heaven even in a moment.”
― Vivekananda

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#10

“Our identification with the body is so strong that most people spend their lives simply taking care of the body. The body feels cold, let’s clothe it; it feels hot, let’s remove the layers; it’s hungry, feed it; it’s tired, give it rest. We become so preoccupied with fulfilling the body’s many desires—cleaning, feeding, clothing, decorating and protecting it, that we become its slaves.”
― Om Swami, If Truth Be Told: A Monk's Memoir

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#11

“A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

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#12

“In this impermanent world, keep immense trust in the divine. Where there is the divine, there is Jaya or victory. There is no second thoughts to this.”
― Sri Devi Om

tags: faith, faith-in-god, religion, religion-and-philoshophy, religion-spiritualityion

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

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“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.”
― Om Swami, When All Is Not Well: Depression and Sadness -- A Yogic Perspective

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“The future depends on what you do today.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, carpe-diem, future, present

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“The number of obstacles I've faced makes my life an obstacle course! If you're scared of obstacles, you're still a beginner in spirituality. Endurance is a telltale sign of spiritual evolution.”
― Sri Devi Om

tags: spiritual, spiritual-development, spiritual-growth, spiritual-wisdom, spirituality

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“The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.”
― Vivekananda

tags: etc, hinduism, inspirational, religious

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“Whatever we feel we lack in life, whenever anyone gives us that, we equate it with love. It could be attention or intimacy for some or appreciation and spending quality time for others. Love is different things to different people.”
― Om Swami, When All Is Not Well: Depression and Sadness -- A Yogic Perspective

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“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: attributed-no-source, discovery, identity, self-discovery, service

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

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“This constant play of nature – one season comes, then goes, another one comes, then goes – is what life is all about. It’s not about some grand goal. Zen does not believe in that. Zen says, nirvana or moksha is simply a matter of perspective. If you can eat when you are eating, if you can sleep when you are sleeping, you are jivan-mukta, a liberated soul. You are enlightened.”
― Om Swami, Mind Full to Mindful: Zen Wisdom From a Monk's Bowl

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#22

“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is like an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: faith, humanity, ocean

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#23

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

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#24

“Concentration is the act of building focus and meditation is the art of retaining it without losing awareness.”
― Om Swami, Kundalini — An Untold Story: A Himalayan Mystic's Insight into the Power of Kundalini and Chakra Sadhana

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“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: cleanliness, consciousness, corruption, feet, individuality, mind, purity

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“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

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“For if I’m doing anything in my life out of choice, there’s no reason to complain and if I don’t have a choice then there’s no sense in complaining.”
― Om Swami, Mind Full to Mindful: Zen Wisdom From a Monk's Bowl

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“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: hate, love, religion, sin, sinners

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

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#30

“Forgiveness sympathizes and compassion empathizes. And love? Love synthesizes the two. Appreciation”
― Om Swami, A Fistful of Love

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