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I am no metaphysician, no philosopher, nay, no saint. But I am poor and I love the poor. I see what they call the poor of this country and how many there are who feel for them!

Swami Vivekananda

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Swami Vivekananda
Age: 39 †
Born: 1863
Born: January 12
Died: 1902
Died: July 4
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Understanding human nature is the highest knowledge, and only by knowing it can we know God. It is also a fact that the knowledge of God is the highest knowledge, and only by knowing God can we understand human nature.
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The test of Ahimsa is absence of jealousy.
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BY the study of different RELIGIONS we find that in essence they are one.
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Man is not mind, he is soul.
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The power of purity-it is a definite power.
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The kingdom of heaven is within us. The Jewish idea was a kingdom of heaven upon this earth. That was not the idea of Jesus.
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So long as you have faith in your Guru, nothing will be able to obstruct your way.
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Stand upon the Atman, then only can we truly love the world. Take a very, very high stand knowing our universal nature, we must look with perfect calmness upon all the panorama of the world.
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Even the lowest of the low have the Atman (Soul) inside, which never dies and never is born, immortal, without beginning or end, the all pure, omnipotent and omnipresent Atman!
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He who has conquered the internal nature controls the whole universe it becomes his servant.
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The Absolute God of the universe, the creator, preserver, and destroyer of the universe, is impersonal principle.
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All great undertakings are achieved through mighty obstacles. Keep up the deepest mental poise. Take not even the slightest notice of what puerile creatures may be saying against you.
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My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation. Out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem like lions
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It is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thought make things beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see things in the proper light.
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We want to know in order to make ourselves free. That is our life: one universal cry for freedom.
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It is good to love God for hope of reward, but it is better to love God for love's sake and the prayer goes: O Lord, I do not want wealth nor children nor learning. If it be Thy will, I shall go from birth to birth. But grant me this, that I may love thee without the hope of reward 'love' unselfishly for love's sake.
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You are the creator of your own destiny
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