"If there's a God, we must see him and if there's a soul we must perceive it. Otherwise, it's better not to believe."
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"Prana is the driving power of the world, and can be seen in every manifestation of life."
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"If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience."
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"The test of having ceased to be an idolater is: "When you say 'I', does the body come into your thought or not? If it does, then you are still a worshipper of idols.""
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"Everything can be sacrificed for truth, but truth cannot be sacrificed for anything."
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"Fear is death, fear is sin, fear is hell, fear is unrighteousness, and fear is wrong life. All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear."
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"If you have knowledge and see a man weak, do not condemn him. Go to his level and help him if you can. He must grow."
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"By practice men can bring even the heart under control, until it will just beat at will, slowly, or quickly, or almost stop. Nearly every part of the body can be brought under control."
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"If you have infinite patience and perseverance, success is bound to come. No mistake in that."
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"The greatest force is derived from the power of thought. The finer the element, the more powerful it is. The silent power of thought influences people even at a distance, because mind is one as well as many. The universe is a cobweb; minds are spiders."
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"The kingdom of heaven is already in existence if we will have it, that perfection is already in man if he will see it."
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"BY the study of different RELIGIONS we find that in essence they are one."
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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 one theme of the Vedanta philosophy is the search after unity. The Hindu mind does not care for the particular; it is always after the general, nay, the universal. "what is it that by knowing which everything else is to be known." That is the one search."
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"Where no bondage is, there is no cause and effect."
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"Pay particular attention to your health, but too much coddling of the body will, on the contrary, also spoil the health."
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"Who cares for your bhakti and mukti? Who cares what your scriptures say? I will go into a thousand hells cheerfully if I can rouse my countrymen, immersed in tamas, to stand on their own feet and be men inspired with the spirit of karma-yoga. I am a follower only of he or she who serves and helps others without caring for his own bhakti and mukti!"
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"We read many books, but that does not bring us knowledge. We may read all the Bibles in the world, but that will not give us religion. Theoretical religion is easy enough to get, any one may get that. What we want is practical religion."
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"I am proud to call myself a Hindu, I am proud that I am one of your unworthy servants. I am proud that I am a countryman of yours, you the descendants of the sages, you the descendants of the most glorious Rishis the world ever saw. Therefore have faith in yourselves, be proud of your ancestors, instead of being ashamed of them."
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"Be free; hope for nothing from anyone. I am sure if you look back upon your lives you will find that you were always vainly trying to get help from others which never came."
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