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Not believing in the glory of our own soul is what the Vedanta calls atheism.


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The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.


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Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.


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All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands


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before our eyes and cry that it is dark.


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We must be Bright and Cheerful, long faces do not make Religion.


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The whole life is a succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer, that is all.


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They alone live, who live for others.


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See for the highest, aim at that highest, and you shall reach the highest.


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Comfort is no test of truth; on the contrary, truth is often far from being "comfortable".


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The only test of good things is that they make us strong.


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Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success, and above all, love.


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Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders,


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and know that you are the creator of your own destiny.


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We must keep our dignity before others. Unless we do that, we expose ourselves to insult.


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The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves.


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When death is certain, it is best to sacrifice oneself for a good cause.


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Experience is the only teacher we have.


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If superstition enters, the brain is gone.


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Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not.


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The greatest sin is to think that you are weak.


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Whatever is weak, avoid! It is death. If it is strength, go down into hell and get hold of it!


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


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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.


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In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart.


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Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.


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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.


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The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves.


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


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Strength is Life, Weakness is Death. Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death. Love is Life, Hatred is Death.


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Neither money pays, nor name pays, nor fame, nor learning; it is CHARACTER that cleave through adamantine walls of difference.


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Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.


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Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, 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.

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If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.

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The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free.

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You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

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The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.

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Where can we go to find God if we cannot see Him in our own hearts and in every living being.

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As different streams having different sources all mingle their waters in the sea, so different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to God.

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God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.

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The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.

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If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

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The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

great


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Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, 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.

life


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God is to be worshipped as the one beloved, dearer than everything in this and next life.

life


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If money help a man to do good to others, it is of some value but if not, it is simply a mass of evil, and the sooner it is got rid of, the better.

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