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I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
Swami Vivekananda
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Swami Vivekananda
Age: 39 †
Born: 1863
Born: January 12
Died: 1902
Died: July 4
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Man is the nearest approach to Brahman.
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You and I and everything in the universe are that Absolute, not parts, but the whole. You are the whole of that Absolute, and so are all others, because the idea of part cannot come into it.
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The principles of the Vedanta not only should be preached everywhere in India, but also outside. Our thought must enter into the make-up of the minds of every nation, not through writings, but through persons.
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Children of those ancient Aryans, through the grace of the Lord may you have the same pride, may that faith in your ancestors come into your blood, may it become a part and parcel of your lives, may it work towards the salvation of the world!
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Every work has got to pass through hundreds of difficulties before succeeding. Those that persevere will see the light, sooner or later.
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That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.
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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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One thing I must tell you. Idolatry in India does not mean anything horrible. It is not the mother of harlots.
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[The seers call him wise] whose every attempt is free, without any desire for gain, without any selfishness.
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