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Practical Quotes by Swami Vivekananda
- Let the churches preach doctrines, theories, philosophies to their hearts' content, but when it comes to worship, the real practical part of religion, it should…
- Mark, therefore, the ordinary theory of practical religion, what it leads to. Charity is great, but the moment you say it is all, you run…
- We hear all around us about practical religion, and analysing all that, we find that it can be brought down to one conception - charity…
- To realize the spirit as spirit is practical religion. Everything else is good so far as it leads to this one grand idea. That realization…
- Throw overboard all idea of jealousy and egotism, once for all. Come on to the practical field with tremendous energy; to work, in the fullness…
- It will not do merely to listen to great principles. You must apply them in the practical field, turn them into constant practice. What will…
- I want to start two institutions, one in Madras and one in Calcutta, to carry out my plan; and that plan briefly is to bring…
- It is always for greater joy that you give up the lesser. This is practical religion-the attainment of freedom, renunciation. Renounce the lower so that…
- The man who gives way to anger, or hatred, or any other passion, cannot work; he only breaks himself to pieces, and does nothing practical.…
- We read many books, but that does not bring us knowledge. We may read all the Bibles in the world, but that will not give…
- You of the West are practical in business, practical in great inventions, but we of the East are practical in religion. You make commerce your…
- [Not parroting.] My old Master used to say, "It is all very good to teach the parrot to say, 'Lord, Lord, Lord' all the time;…
- Realize your true nature. That is all there is to do. Know yourself as you are - infinite Spirit. That is practical religion. Everything else…
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- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- All possible truth is practical. To ask whether our conception of chair or table corresponds to the real chair or table apart… — G. Stanley Hall
- Gradually, ... the aspect of science as knowledge is being thrust into the background by the aspect of science as the power… — Bertrand Russell
- Becoming a vegetarian is not merely a symbolic gesture. Nor is it an attempt to isolate oneself from the ugly realities of… — Peter Singer
- I am convinced that love is the most durable power in the world. It is not an expression of impractical idealism, but… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
- The practical value of history is to throw the film of the past through the material projector of the present on to… — B. H. Liddell Hart