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His Own Quotes by Swami Vivekananda
- Be strong! Don't talk of ghosts and devils. We are the living devils. The sign of life is strength and growth. The sign of death…
- There is no salvation for man until he sees God, realises his own soul.
- Individuality in universality is the plan of creation. Each cell has its part in bringing about consciousness. Man is individual and at the same time…
- [Perfection] is only possible if the mind of man is changed, if he, of his own sweet will, changes his mind; and the great difficulty…
- When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself.
- Man can think of divine things only in his own human way, to us the Absolute can be expressed only in our relative language.
- You know it already that each one of us is the effect of the infinite past; the child is ushered into the world not as…
- The goal of mankind is knowledge ... Now this knowledge is inherent in man. No knowledge comes from outside: it is all inside. What we…
- Only love for the Supreme Lord is true Bhakti. Love for any other being, however great, is not Bhakti. The "Supreme Lord" here means Ishvara,…
- Every artist paints his Madonna according to his own pre-conceived ideas.
- Even books are nurses, medicines are nurses. But we must work to bring about the time when man shall recognise his mastery over his own…
- Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to…
- 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…
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- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much… — Teresa of Avila
- Nothing can be compared to the great beauty and capabilities of a soul; however keen our intellects may be, they are as… — Teresa of Avila
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