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Brave, bold men, these are what we want. What we want is vigour in the blood, strength in the nerves, iron muscles and nerves of steel, not softening namby-pamby ideas.
Swami Vivekananda
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Swami Vivekananda
Age: 39 †
Born: 1863
Born: January 12
Died: 1902
Died: July 4
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Have fire and spread all over. Work, work. Be the servant while leading, be unselfish, and never listen to one friend in private accusing another. Have infinite patience, and success is yours.
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Ask nothing want nothing in return. Give what you have to give it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.
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Man is the product of two forces, action and reaction, which make him think.
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Philosophy insists that there is a joy which is absolute, which never changes.
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My children, the secret of religion lies not in theories but in practice.
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The nearer we are to God, the less we will have occasions to cry or weep. The further we are from God, the more will long faces come. The more we know God, the more misery vanishes.
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