“There is a great tendency in modern times to talk too much of work and decry thought. Doing is very good, but that comes from thinking.
Little manifestations of energy through the muscles are called work. But where there is no thought, there will be no work.
Fill the brain, therefore, with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work. Talk not about impurity, but say that we are pure.
We have hypnotized ourselves into this thought that we are little, that we are born, and that we are going to die, and into a constant state of fear.”
SWAMI VIVEKANANDA
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A collection of quotes from Swami Vivekananda, a Hindu monk and philosopher who popularized Vedanta in the West. The quotes cover topics such as fearlessness, self-reliance, knowledge, and service.
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