If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished.
Quotations
Swami Vivekananda
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.
To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. “I will drink the ocean”, says the persevering soul; “at my will mountains will crumble up”.
Was there ever a more horrible blasphemy than the statement that all the knowledge of God is confined to this or that book?
The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them.
Doing is very good, but that comes from thinking… fill the brain, therefore, with high thoughts, highest ideals; place them day and night before you; and out of that will come great work.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act.
All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way.
