"The soul has neither sex, nor caste nor imperfection."
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"The secret of image - worship is that you are trying to develop your vision of Divinity in one thing."
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"Learning and wisdom are superfluities, the surface glitter merely, but it is the heart that is the seat of all power."
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"As soon as we react, we become slaves. A man blames me, and I immediately react in the form of anger. A little vibration which he created made me a slave."
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"It is faith that makes a lion of a man."
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"Why should a Man be Moral? Because this strengthens his will."
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"Never talk about the faults of others, no matter how bad they may be. Nothing is ever gained by that. You never help one by talking about his fault; you do him an injury, and injure yourself as well."
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"You are strong, omnipotent, and omniscient. No matter that you have not expressed it yet, it is in you. All knowledge is in you, all power, all purity, and all freedom-why cannot you express this knowledge? Because you do not believe in it... Believe in it, and it must and will come out."
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"Education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in man."
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"Be perfectly resigned, perfectly unconcerned; then alone can you do any true work. No eyes can see the real forces; we can only see the results. Put out self, forget it; just let God work, it is HIS business."
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"The moment you fear, you are nobody."
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"Man's experience in the world is to enable him to get out of its whirlpool."
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"Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it be after his heart. But the intelligent man is he who can convert every work into one that suits his taste. No work is petty. Everything in this world is like a banyan seed, which, though appearing tiny as a mustard seed, has yet the gigantic banyan tree latent with it. He indeed is intelligent who notices this and succeeds in making all work truly great."
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"Every successful man must have behind him somewhere tremendous integrity, tremendous sincerity, and that is the cause of his signal success in life. He may not have been perfectly unselfish; yet he was tending towards it. If he had been perfectly unselfish, his would have been as great a success as that of the Buddha or of the Christ. The degree of unselfishness marks the degree of success everywhere."
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"Be grateful that the poor man is there, so that by making a gift to him you are able to help yourself"
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"I am indebted to my mother for the efflorescence of my knowledge."
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"Know that every time you feel weak, you not only hurt yourself but also the cause. Infinite faith and strength are the only conditions of success."
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"We are the living devils."
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"Learn obedience first. Among these Western nations, with such a high spirit of independence, the spirit of obedience is equally strong. We are all of us self-important, which never produces any work. Great enterprise, boundless courage, tremendous energy, and, above all, perfect obedience; these are the only traits that lead to individual and national regeneration. These traits are altogether lacking in us."
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"It is the hero alone, not the coward, who has liberation within his easy reach."
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