"The best guide in life is strength."
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"If the poor boy cannot come to education, education must go to him"
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"Happiness presents itself to man, wearing the crown of sorrow on its head. He who welcomes it must also welcome sorrow."
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"There is nothing so high as renunciation of self."
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"Highest love for God can never be achieved without renunciation."
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"He who has conquered the internal nature controls the whole universe; it becomes his servant."
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"We do not look at our own faults; the eyes do not see themselves, they see the eyes of everybody else. We human beings are very slow to recognise our own weakness, our own faults, so long as we can lay the blame upon somebody else."
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"Three things are necessary to make every man great,every nation great1.Conviction of the powers of goodness.2.Absence of jealousy and suspicion.3.Helping all who are trying to be and do good."
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"Not even the deepest sleep will give you such a rest as meditation can. The mind goes on jumping even in deepest sleep. Just those few moments in meditation your brain has almost stopped. ... You forget the body. ... You feel such pleasure in it. You become so light. This perfect rest we will get in meditation."
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"Be an atheist if you want, but do not believe in anything unquestioningly."
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"As soon as extreme attachment comes, a man loses himself, he is no more master of himself, he is a slave."
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"No one is ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself. The external teacher offers only the suggestion, which arouses the internal teacher, who helps us to understand things."
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"Perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Therefore we must always expect to find things not up to our highest ideal. Knowing this, we are bound to make the best of everything."
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"The greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest ourselves of all material conditions and feel our divine nature. We do not depend upon any external help in meditation. The touch of the soul can paint the brightest color even in the dingiest places; it can cast a fragrance over the vilest thing; it can make the wicked divine-and all enmity, all selfishness is effaced."
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"To succeed, you must have tremendous perserverance... tremendous will. "I will drink the ocean", says the perservering soul; at my will mountains will crumble. Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal."
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"Our first duty is not to hate ourselves, because to advance we must have faith in ourselves first and then in God. Those who have no faith in themselves can never have faith in God."
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"You must all pay attention to your health first."
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"He who is alone is happy. Do good to all, like everyone, but do not love anyone. It is a bondage, and bondage brings only misery. Live alone in your mind - that is happiness. To have nobody to care for and never minding who cares for one is the way to be free."
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"According to the Hindu way of thinking, marriage is rather a duty than a privilege."
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"Renunciation is the very basis upon which ethics stands."
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