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The Vedanta teaches men to ha...

The Vedanta teaches men to have faith in themselves first. As certain religions of the world say that a man who does not believe in a Personal God outside of himself is an atheist, so the Vedanta says, a man who does not believe in himself is an atheist. Not believing in the glory of our own soul is what the Vedanta calls atheism.

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When we free ourselves from n...

When we free ourselves from name and form, especially from a body - when we need no body, good or bad - then only do we escape from bondage.

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Brave, bold men, these are wh...

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.

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Man is born to conquer nature...

Man is born to conquer nature and not to follow it.

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What makes a man stand up and...

What makes a man stand up and work? Strength. Strength is goodness, weakness is sin.

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To the other nations of the w...

To the other nations of the world, religion is one among the many occupations of life. There is politics, there are the enjoyments of social life, there is all that wealth can buy or power can bring, there is all that the senses can enjoy; and among all these various occupations of life and all this searching after something which can give yet a little more whetting to the cloyed senses - among all these, there is perhaps a little bit of religion. But here, in India, religion is the one and the only occupation of life.

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The earth is enjoyed by heroe...

The earth is enjoyed by heroes

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This idea of body is a simple...

This idea of body is a simple superstition. It is superstition that makes us happy or unhappy. It is superstition caused by ignorance that makes us feel heat and cold, pain and pleasure.

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Every little bit, every atom ...

Every little bit, every atom inside the universe, is in a constant state of change and motion, but the universe as a whole is unchangeable, because motion or change is a relative thing; we can only think of something in motion in comparison with something which is not moving.

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Come out into the Universe of...

Come out into the Universe of Light. Everything in the Universe is Yours, stretch out your arms and Embrace it with Love

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Be not in despair, the way is...

Be not in despair, the way is very difficult, like walking on the edge of a razor; yet despair not, arise, awake, and find the ideal, the goal.

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This World will always contin...

This World will always continue to be a mixture of Good and Evil. Our duty is to sympathize with the weak and to Love even the wrongdoer.

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My son, there is no rest for ...

My son, there is no rest for me. That which Sri Ramakrishna called "Kali" took possession of my body and soul three or four days before his passing away. That makes me work and work and never lets me keep still or look to my personal comfort.

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The secret of Greek Art is it...

The secret of Greek Art is its imitation of nature even to the minutest details; whereas the secret of Indian Art is to represent the ideal. The energy of the Greek painter is spent in perhaps painting a piece of flesh, and he is so successful that a dog is deluded into taking it to be a real bit of meat and so goes to bite it. Now, what glory is there in merely imitating nature? Why not place an actual bit of flesh before the dog?

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Advaita is the only system th...

Advaita is the only system that gives us complete control over ourselves, takes off all dependence and its associated superstitions, thus making us brave to suffer, brave to do, and in the long run, attain to absolute freedom.

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What good being object of cha...

What good being object of charity? Give away, ne'er turn to ask in return, Should there be the wealth treasured in thy heart.

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Stand upon the Atman, then on...

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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Is there no room for art in t...

Is there no room for art in the spoken language? What is the use of creating an unnatural language to the exclusion of the natural one?

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If a person who lives in God ...

If a person who lives in God becomes miserable, what is the use of living in God? What is the use of such a God? Throw such a God overboard into the Pacific Ocean. We do not want such a God!

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A tremendous stream is flowin...

A tremendous stream is flowing toward the ocean, carrying us all along with it; and though like straws and scraps of paper we may at times float aimlessly about, in the long run we are sure to join the Ocean of Life and Bliss.

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